煤 (mui4 | mei2) : coal

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煤

mui4

mei2

coal; carbon; soot; gas

(Classifier(s): 塊, 筐, 噸)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

煤

This word has been viewed 5500 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Feb 2011 04:43

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煤油 mui4 jau4 mei2 you2 = kerosene (UK: paraffin)

煤氣 mui4 hei3 mei2 qi4 = [1] coal gas; [2] gas

煤灰 mui4 fui1 mei2 hui1 = soot

煤氣燈 mui4 hei3 dang1 = gas light

煤氣爐 mui4 hei3 lou4 = coal gas furnace; gas stove

煤爐 mui4 lou4 = coal furnace

煤粉 mui4 fan2 mei2 fen3 = powdered or pulverized coal

煤氣罐 mui4 hei3 gun3 = gas tank

煤氣喉 mui4 hei3 hau4 mei2 qi4 hou2 = gas pipe

煤層 mui4 cang4 = a coal seam

煤礦 mui4 kong3 mei2 kuang4 = colliery, a coal mine

煤氣費 mui4 hei3 fai3 = gas bill

生煤 saang1 mui4 sheng1 mei2 = bituminous coal

煤箱 mui4 soeng1 mei2 xiang1 = coal box

供煤機 gung1 mui4 gei1 gong1 mei2 ji1 = a coal stoker

碎煤機 seoi3 mui4 gei1 sui4 mei2 ji1 = a coal breaker; a coal crusher (common formation)

泥煤 nai4 mui4 ni2 mei2 = peat

泥煤苔 nai4 mui4 toi4 ni2 tai2 tai2 = peat moss (common formation)

煤炭 mui4 taan3 mei2 tan4 = coal

無煙煤 mou4 jin1 mui4 wu2 yan1 mei2 = anthracite coal (lit., "smokeless coal"); Kilkenny coal

燃煤 jin4 mui4 ran2 mei2 = coal fired

煤氣掣 mui4 hei3 zai3 mei2 qi4 che4 = [化] gas tap 粵

水煤氣 seoi2 mui4 hei3 shui3 mei2 qi4 = [chem.] water gas

煙煤 jin1 mui4 yan1 mei2 = bituminous coal

褐煤 hot3 mui4 he4 mei2 = brown coal; lignite

焦煤 ziu1 mui4 = coke coal

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+7164 (off-site link)

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