燃料 meaning in English

ránliào

fuel

HSK 4noun26 strokes

Meaning of 燃料

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ránliào

fuel

How to use 燃料

燃料 is a general noun for anything burned for energy, such as gasoline, coal, or gas. It often appears in news, science, and talk about cars or planes. Example: 汽车没有燃料了。(Qìchē méiyǒu ránliào le.) The car is out of fuel.

燃 (rán) means to burn, and it has the fire radical 火 on the left. 料 (liào) means material, so 燃料 is simply "burning material," the stuff you put in to make fire or power.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes mix up 燃料 (ránliào) with 材料 (cáiliào) because both end in 料. 材料 means raw material or data, not something you burn.

燃料 in example sentences

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

燃rán料liào短duǎn缺quē。

There was a shortage of fuel.

这zhè个ge取qǔ暖nuǎn装zhuāng置zhì用yòng柴chái油yóu作zuò为wéi燃rán料liào。

This heating equipment uses diesel as fuel.

煤méi和hé天tiān然rán气qì是shì天tiān然rán燃rán料liào。

Coal and natural gas are natural fuels.

褐hè煤méi是shì一yī种zhǒng化huà石shí燃rán料liào。

Lignite is a fossil fuel.

二èr氧yǎng化huà碳tàn是shì燃rán烧shāo煤méi、石shí油yóu或huò天tiān然rán气qì这zhè样yàng的de燃rán料liào时shí会huì产chǎn生shēng的de气qì体tǐ。

Carbon dioxide is a gas that is produced every time a fuel such as coal, oil, or natural gas is burned.

Stroke order for each character

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燃 rán · to ignite · 16 strokes

料 liào · material · 10 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 燃料.

资料	zīliào	material; resources
材料	cáiliào	(raw) material; data
燃烧	ránshāo	to ignite; to combust
塑料	sùliào	plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
原料	yuánliào	raw material
塑料袋	sùliàodài	plastic bag
饮料	yǐnliào	drink; beverage
点燃	diǎnrán	to ignite; to set on fire
不料	bùliào	unexpectedly; to one's surprise
料到	liàodào	to foresee; to anticipate
料理	liàolǐ	to arrange; to handle
照料	zhàoliào	to tend; to take care of sb

Questions about 燃料

What does 燃料 mean?

燃料 (ránliào) means "fuel" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 燃料?

燃料 is made of 2 characters: 燃 (16 strokes), 料 (10 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 燃料 an HSK word?

Yes. 燃料 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

Is 燃料 the word for gasoline at a gas station?

Not usually. In daily speech people say 汽油 (qìyóu) for gasoline and 加油 (jiāyóu) for filling up. 燃料 is the broader category word.

What are some common words that combine with 燃料?

You will often see 化石燃料 (huàshí ránliào) fossil fuel and 燃料电池 (ránliào diànchí) fuel cell. You can also say 节省燃料 (jiéshěng ránliào) to save fuel.