Meaning of 天然气
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- natural gas
How to use 天然气
天然气 is the everyday and technical word for natural gas used for cooking, heating, and energy. It often appears with verbs like 用 (yòng) or 开采 (kāicǎi, to extract). Example: 我家做饭用天然气。(Wǒ jiā zuòfàn yòng tiānránqì.) My family cooks with natural gas.
Break it into 天然 (tiānrán, natural, literally 'as heaven made it') plus 气 (qì, gas or air). Gas that comes straight from nature is 天然气.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes drop 然 and say 天气 (tiānqì), which means weather, not gas. Also keep 气 in the neutral-free fourth tone qì; it is not read lightly here.
天然气 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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然 rán · certainly · 12 strokes
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气 qì · gas · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 天然气.
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; the present time; now |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
| 前天 | qiántiān | the day before yesterday |
| 不客气 | bù kèqì | you're welcome; don't mention it |
| 然后 | ránhòu | then; after that; afterwards |
Questions about 天然气
What does 天然气 mean?
天然气 (tiānránqì) means "natural gas" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 天然气?
天然气 is made of 3 characters: 天 (4 strokes), 然 (12 strokes), 气 (4 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
Is 天然气 an HSK word?
Yes. 天然气 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 天然气 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 天然气 is written 天然氣.
How is 天然气 different from 煤气?
天然气 is natural gas from underground deposits. 煤气 (méiqì) originally meant gas made from coal, but many people still use it casually for any household cooking gas.
Can 天然 be used on its own?
Yes. 天然 (tiānrán) means natural and appears in many words, such as 天然水 (natural water) or 天然的颜色 (a natural color).