煤 (méi): coal
煤 (méi) is a Chinese character meaning “coal.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (semantic) and 某 (phonetic). It ranks #1724 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 煤 fire. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- coal
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煤气noun | méi qì | coal gas |
| 煤矿noun | méi kuàng | coal mine |
| 煤油noun | méi yóu | kerosene |
| 煤炭noun | méi tàn | coal |
| 煤灰 | méi huī | soot |
| 煤渣noun | méi zhā | slack |
| 煤球noun | méi qiú | charcoal briquette |
| 无烟煤noun | wú yān méi | anthracite |
| 采煤 | cǎi méi | coal mining |
| 煤焦油noun | méi jiāo yóu | coal tar |
| 燃煤 | rán méi | coal fuel |
| 煤砖noun | méi zhuān | briquette |
| 泥煤noun | ní méi | peat |
| 蜂窝煤noun | fēng wō méi | hexagonal household coal briquette |
| 采煤工作面 | cǎi méi gōng zuò miàn | (mining) coalface |
煤 appears in 41 compound words: 49 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 煤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
随着清洁能源的推广，很多地区已经停止使用煤炭发电。
Suízhe qīngjié néngyuán de tuīguǎng, hěn duō dìqū yǐjīng tíngzhǐ shǐyòng méitàn fādiàn.
With the promotion of clean energy, many regions have stopped using coal for power generation.
日本钢铁厂原料采购价续涨;焦煤涨2成、近2年高
rì běn gāng tiě hǎn yuán liào cǎi gòu jià xù zhǎng ; jiāo méi zhǎng 2 chéng , jìn 2 nián gāo
Raw material procurement prices at Japanese steel mills continue to rise; coking coal prices up 20%, hitting a two-year high
国海证券:煤价长期内仍然有上涨的诉求 维持煤炭开采行...
guó hǎi zhèng quàn : méi jià cháng qī nèi réng rán yǒu shàng zhǎng de sù qiú wéi chí méi tàn kāi cǎi háng . . .
Guohai Securities: Coal prices still have room to rise in the long term; maintaining a buy rating on coal mining...
...开战冲击台供电 龚明鑫:若拖到4月 全面煤炭发电是最后手段
. . . kāi zhàn chōng jī tái gōng diàn 龚 míng 鑫 : ruò tuō dào 4 yuè quán miàn méi tàn fā diàn shì zuì hòu shǒu duàn
... Gong Mingxin: If it drags on until April, full-scale coal power generation is the last resort
《大行》招銀國際升兗煤澳大利亞(03668.HK)目標價至38...
dà háng zhāo 銀 國 際 shēng 兗 méi ào dà lì 亞 . mù 標 價 zhì . . .
CMB International raised the target price of Yancoal Australia (03668.HK) to 38...
...etallurgical业绩即将公布,焦煤市场考验矿业公司
. . . yè jì jí jiāng gōng bù , jiāo méi shì chǎng kǎo yàn kuàng yè gōng sī
... Etalurgical results are about to be announced, and the coking coal market tests mining companies
褐煤是一种化石燃料。
Hèméi shì yīzhǒng huàshíránliào.
Lignite is a fossil fuel.
我该在哪儿付煤气费？
Wǒ gāi zài nǎr fù méiqì fèi?
Where do I pay for the gas?
煤并不一定都是黑的。
Méi bìngbù yīdìng dōu shì hēi de.
Coal is not always black.
在下雪很多的地方，煤油是不可或缺的东西。
Zài xiàxuě hěn duō de dìfang, méiyóu shì bùkěhuòquē de dōngxi.
In places where it snows a lot, kerosene is an indispensable item.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 火 (fire) component
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