煤炭

煤炭

Chinese

		coal	charcoal
trad. (煤炭)		煤	炭
simp. #(煤炭)		煤	炭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méitàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ taan³
• Min Nan (POJ): mûi-thòaⁿ / bôe-thòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méitàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meitann
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ taan³
    • Yale: mùih taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ tan³
    • IPA ^(key): /muːy̯²¹ tʰäːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-thòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: muî-thuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'tvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tʰuã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-thòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: buê-thuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'tvoax
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² tʰuã²¹/

Noun

煤炭

1. coal

Synonyms

• 煤 (méi)
• 石炭 (shítàn)
• 烏金／乌金 (wūjīn)
• 塗炭／涂炭 (tútàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
煤	炭
ばい Jinmeiyō	たん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 煤炭

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ばいたん [bàítáń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ba̠itã̠ɴ]

Noun

煤炭 (hiragana ばいたん, rōmaji baitan)

1. coal

Synonyms

• 石炭 (せきたん) (sekitan)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
煤	炭

Noun

煤炭 • (maetan) (hangeul 매탄)

1. Hanja form^? of 매탄 (“coal”).