COAL  煤炭

BLACK SUBSTANCE PRODUCED USING TIMBER, AND USED FOR BURNING.
Hypernym
  • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
    • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
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 ／

Words

炭  tàn OC: thaans MC: thɑn 8 Attributions

The standard word for charcoal is tàn 炭.

    Syntactic words
  • nm(typically hot) charcoal; glowing charcoal (often made of mulberry wood)
煤  méi OC: mɯɯ MC: muo̝i 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • ncoaldust, coal
石炭  shí tàn OC: djaɡ thaans MC: dʑiɛk thɑn 0 Attributions

Current post-Buddhist word for coal

    Syntactic words
石煤  shí méi OC: djaɡ mɯɯ MC: dʑiɛk muo̝i 0 Attributions

Current post-Buddhist word for coal

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

Current post-Buddhist word for coal

    Syntactic words

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: