COAL    煤炭

BLACK SUBSTANCE PRODUCED USING TIMBER, AND USED FOR BURNING.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for charcoal is tàn 炭. Current post-Buddhist words for coal were 石煤，石墨，石炭. Méi tàn 煤炭 is first attested in Sòng times.
Modern Chinese Criteria
煤 煤斤 煤炭 烏金 烏金墨玉 無煙煤 硬煤 紅煤 白煤 大砟 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 6.74

    • Words (5 items)

    炭  tàn OC: thaans MC: thɑn 8 AttributionsWD

    The standard word for charcoal is tàn 炭.

      Syntactic words
    • nm(typically hot) charcoal; glowing charcoal (often made of mulberry wood)
    石煤  shí méi OC: djaɡ mɯɯ MC: dʑiɛk muo̝i 0 AttributionsWD

    Current post-Buddhist word for coal

      Syntactic words
    煤  méi OC: mɯɯ MC: muo̝i 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • ncoaldust, coal
    石炭  shí tàn OC: djaɡ thaans MC: dʑiɛk thɑn 0 AttributionsWD

    Current post-Buddhist word for coal

      Syntactic words
    石墨  shí mò OC: djaɡ mɯɯɡ MC: dʑiɛk mək 0 AttributionsWD

    Current post-Buddhist word for coal

      Syntactic words