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rán

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rán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rán | ran2
English translation
to burn
to ignite
to light
fig. to spark off (hopes)
to start (debate)
to raise (hopes)
to ignite, to burn; combustion

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About rán

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

rán

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of rán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火然

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

rán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound.

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Example sentences using rán

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橡胶 xiàng jiāo 燃烧 ránshāo de 气味 qìwèi 不好 bù hǎo Wén .

The smell of burning rubber is not pleasant.

xīn xiàng bèi 许多 xǔduō xiǎo 老鼠 lǎoshǔ kěn zhāo yàng , yòu xiàng 一盆 Huǒ zài 心里 xīn li 燃烧 ránshāo .

Tiny mice seem to be gnawing at my heart. Or is a fire smouldering there?

liǎng gēn zhú shǎng de 燃烧 ránshāo shí 熔化 róng huà zài 一起 yīqǐ .

The wax from the two candles fused as they burned.

油混合 huì zài 燃烧 ránshāo de 同时 tóngshí 流出 liú chū .

The rich mixture, as it burns, streams out.

沿 yán 台阶 táijiē měi 段距离布置 bùzhì yǒu 燃烧 ránshāo zhāo de 火炬 huǒ jù .

Flaming torches were positioned at intervals along the terrace.

Words with rán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
燃烧 ránshāo to ignite燃燒
燃料 rán liào fuel燃料 rán liào
点燃 diǎn rán to ignite點燃
rán to burn rán
燃油 rán yóu fuel oil燃油 rán yóu
燃气 rán qì fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)燃氣
燃起 rán qǐ to ignite燃起 rán qǐ
燃料油 rán liào yóu fuel oil燃料油 rán liào yóu
自燃 zì rán spontaneous combustion自燃 zì rán
燃放 rán fàng to light燃放 rán fàng
燃煤 rán méi coal fuel燃煤 rán méi
燃烧弹 rán shāo dàn fire bomb燃燒彈
可燃 kě rán inflammable可燃 kě rán
死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán sth malevolent returns to haunt one死灰復燃
燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí extreme emergency燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí
核燃料 hé rán liào nuclear fuel核燃料 hé rán liào
内燃机 nèi rán jī internal combustion engine內燃機
易燃物 yì rán wù flammable substance易燃物 yì rán wù
阻燃 zǔ rán fire resistant阻燃 zǔ rán
燃点 rán diǎn combustion point燃點
可燃性 kě rán xìng flammable可燃性 kě rán xìng
燃气轮机 rán qì lún jī gas turbine燃氣輪機

rán Decomposition & Compounds

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rán Decomposition

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