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煤 méi

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煤 méi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
méi | mei2
English translation
coal
CL:塊 kuài
>块 kuài [kuài]
carbon, charcoal, coal, coke

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About 煤 méi

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

煤 méi

Contains the radical

火 Huǒ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of 煤 méi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰火某

Semantic compound

火 Huǒ

Phonetic compound

某 mǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 火 Huǒ represents the meaning and 某 mǒu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 煤 méi

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她 tā 关掉 guān diào 了 le 煤气 méi qì ,够 gòu 机灵 jīling 的 de .

She was intelligent enough to turn off the gas.

我们 wǒmen 县 xiàn 不光 bù guāng 出 chū 煤 méi , 而且 érqiě 出 chū 铁 Tiě .

Our country produces not only coal, but also iron.

这 zhè 点 diǎn 煤 méi 能够 néng gòu 烧 shāo 一 yī 冬 dōng 吗 mǎ ?

Will this coal last out the winter?

凯丝正在 zhèngzài 煤气 méi qì 火炉 huǒ lú 前面 qiánmiàn 烘 hōng 着 zhāo 她 tā 的 de 头发 tóufa .

Kath was drying her hair at the gas - fire.

我 wǒ 不知不觉 bù zhī bù jué 地 de 站 zhàn 到 dào 了 le 壁炉 bì lú 前 qián , 拢 lǒng 着 zhāo 两 liǎng 手 shǒu 在 zài 一 yī 堆 duī 热烘烘的 de 煤火上 shǎng 烤 kǎo 着 zhāo .

I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals.

Words with 煤 méi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
煤 méi coal煤 méi
煤气 méi qì coal gas煤氣
煤矿 méi kuàng coal mine煤礦
煤炭 méitàn coal煤炭 méitàn
煤油 méi yóu kerosene煤油 méi yóu
采煤 cǎi méi coal mining採煤
燃煤 rán méi coal fuel燃煤 rán méi
煤灰 méi huī soot煤灰 méi huī
煤球 méi qiú charcoal briquette煤球 méi qiú
原煤 yuán méi raw coal原煤 yuán méi
煤渣 méi zhā slack煤渣 méi zhā
煤层 méi céng a coal bed煤層
无烟煤 wú yān méi anthracite無煙煤
泥煤 ní méi peat泥煤 ní méi
煤田 méi tián a coalfield煤田 méi tián
煤层气 méi céng qì coalbed methane煤層氣
煤矸石 méi gān shí waste rock (in coal mining)煤矸石 méi gān shí

煤 méi Decomposition & Compounds

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煤 méi Decomposition

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