煤炭 meaning in English

méitàn

coal

HSK 7-9noun22 strokes

Meaning of 煤炭

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

méitàn
  1. coal

煤炭 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

澳ào大dà利lì亚yà是shì世shì界jiè第dì五wǔ大dà煤méi炭tàn产chǎn地dì。
Australia is the world's fifth-largest coal producer.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

煤 méi · coal · 13 strokes

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炭 tàn · wood charcoal · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 煤炭.

煤气méiqìcoal gas; gas (fuel)
煤矿méikuàngcoal mine; coal seam
煤油méiyóukerosene
木炭mùtàncharcoal
焦炭jiāotàncoke (processed coal used in blast furnace)

Questions about 煤炭

What does 煤炭 mean?

煤炭 (méitàn) means "coal" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 煤炭?

煤炭 is made of 2 characters: 煤 (13 strokes), 炭 (9 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 煤炭 an HSK word?

Yes. 煤炭 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.