煤

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CL 吨 dūn 堆 duī 块 kuài

HSK 3.0 Level 6 Noun Uncommon

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1. coal

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Word relationships

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• 瓦斯 wǎ sī 瓦斯 wǎ sī gas (loanword) gas often found with coal: gas (loanword)

Synonyms

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• 煤炭 méi tàn 煤炭 méi tàn coal generally interchangeable when referring to coal as a resource: coal

Usage notes

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煤 is usually uncountable; to count pieces, use 一块煤 (a lump of coal).

Example Sentences

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这块 煤 烧得很旺。

This lump of coal is burning very brightly.

没 煤 了。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 12708133)

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Words Containing 煤

• 煤气 煤气 méi qì: coal gas
• 煤炭 煤炭 méi tàn: coal
• 煤矿 煤矿 méi kuàng: coal mine
• 原煤 原煤 yuán méi: raw coal
• 块煤 块煤 kuài méi: lump coal
• 采煤 采煤 cǎi méi: coal mining
• 采煤工作面 采煤工作面 cǎi méi gōng zuò miàn: (mining) coalface
• 攉煤机 攉煤机 huō méi jī: coal-shovel machine
• 有烟煤 有烟煤 yǒu yān méi: smokey coal
• 末煤 末煤 mò méi: slack coal (final poor quality coal)
• 气煤 气煤 qì méi: gas coal
• 泥煤 泥煤 ní méi: peat
• 无烟煤 无烟煤 wú yān méi: anthracite
• 煤储量 煤储量 méi chǔ liàng: coal reserves
• 煤屑 煤屑 méi xiè: coal dust
• 煤层 煤层 méi céng: a coal bed
• 煤层气 煤层气 méi céng qì: coalbed methane
• 煤山雀 煤山雀 méi shān què: (bird species of China) coal tit (Periparus ater)
• 煤油 煤油 méi yóu: kerosene
• 煤渣 煤渣 méi zhā: slack
• 煤灰 煤灰 méi huī: soot
• 煤焦油 煤焦油 méi jiāo yóu: coal tar
• 煤炉 煤炉 méi lú: coal stove
• 煤球 煤球 méi qiú: charcoal briquette
• 煤田 煤田 méi tián: a coalfield
• 煤矸石 煤矸石 méi gān shí: waste rock (in coal mining)
• 煤箱 煤箱 méi xiāng: coal box
• 煤制气 煤制气 méi zhì qì: coal gasification
• 煤制油 煤制油 méi zhì yóu: coal liquefaction
• 燃煤 燃煤 rán méi: coal fuel
• 燃煤锅炉 燃煤锅炉 rán méi guō lú: coal burning boiler
• 烧煤 烧煤 shāo méi: to burn coal
• 白煤 白煤 bái méi: anthracite
• 褐煤 褐煤 hè méi: lignite
• 脏煤 脏煤 zāng méi: dirty coal; muck (from a colliery)
• 黑煤 黑煤 hēi méi: black coal
• 黑煤玉 黑煤玉 hēi méi yù: jet