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tàn
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. wood charcoal
  2. 2. coal

Words Containing 炭

涂炭
tú tàn

extreme distress

黑炭
hēi tàn

coal

火炭
huǒ tàn

Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)

艾叶炭
ài yè tàn

Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum

炭疽
tàn jū

(medicine) anthrax

雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn

lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)

炭焙
tàn bèi

charcoal-roasted

炭疽病
tàn jū bìng

(medicine) anthrax

泥炭
ní tàn

peat

炭疽菌苗
tàn jū jūn miáo

anthrax vaccine

冰炭不相容
bīng tàn bù xiāng róng

as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals

石炭系
shí tàn xì

carboniferous system

石炭井
shí tàn jǐng

Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[dà wǔ kǒu qū] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[shí zuǐ shān shì], Ningxia

艾炭
ài tàn

carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM)

炭墼
tàn jī

coal briquette

石炭井区
shí tàn jǐng qū

Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[dà wǔ kǒu qū] of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[shí zuǐ shān shì], Ningxia

炭疽杆菌
tàn jū gǎn jūn

anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)

无烟炭
wú yān tàn

smokeless coal

泥炭藓
ní tàn xiǎn

matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)

石炭酸
shí tàn suān

phenol C6H5OH

木炭
mù tàn

charcoal

煤炭
méi tàn

coal

透皮炭疽
tòu pí tàn jū

cutaneous anthrax

生灵涂炭
shēng líng tú tàn

people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

活性炭
huó xìng tàn

activated carbon

石炭纪
shí tàn jì

Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)

骨炭
gǔ tàn

bone black

烧炭
shāo tàn

to manufacture charcoal

苍生涂炭
cāng shēng tú tàn

the common people in a miserable state

炭疽热
tàn jū rè

anthrax