Usage of the character 炭
tàn
炭
[炭]
- wood charcoal
- coal
tànjū
炭疽
[炭疽]
- (medicine) anthrax
- (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
Huǒ Tàn
火炭
[火炭]
- Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)
huǒtàn
火炭
[火炭]
- live coal
- ember
- burning coals
tànbèi
炭焙
[炭焙]
- charcoal-roasted
méitàn
煤炭
[煤炭]
- coal
shítàn
石炭
[石炭]
- coal (old)
mùtàn
木炭
[木炭]
- charcoal
nítàn
泥炭
[泥炭]
- peat
tànjī
炭墼
[炭墼]
- coal briquette
tútàn
涂炭
[塗炭]
- extreme distress
- in utter misery
shāotàn
烧炭
[燒炭]
- to manufacture charcoal
- to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
jiāotàn
焦炭
[焦炭]
- coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
gǔtàn
骨炭
[骨炭]
- bone black
- animal charcoal
àitàn
艾炭
[艾炭]
- carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM)
- Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
hēitàn
黑炭
[黑炭]
- coal
- charcoal
- (of skin) darkly pigmented
- charcoal (color)
- bituminous coal (mining)
tànjūbìng
炭疽病
[炭疽病]
- (medicine) anthrax
- (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
àiyètàn
艾叶炭
[艾葉炭]
- carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM)
- Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
Mài Tàn Wēng
卖炭翁
[賣炭翁]
- The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 ( Bái Jūyì)
huóxìngtàn
活性炭
[活性炭]
- activated carbon
wúyāntàn
无烟炭
[無煙炭]
- smokeless coal
Shítànjǐng
石炭井
[石炭井]
- Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區／大武口区 ( Dàwǔkǒuqū) of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市 ( Shízuǐshānshì), Ningxia
tànjūrè
炭疽热
[炭疽熱]
- anthrax
Shítànjì
石炭纪
[石炭紀]
- Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
shítànsuān
石炭酸
[石炭酸]
- phenol C6H5OH
- same as 苯酚
nítànxiǎn
泥炭藓
[泥炭蘚]
- matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
shítànxì
石炭系
[石炭系]
- carboniferous system
- coal measure (geology)
tànjūjūnmiáo
炭疽菌苗
[炭疽菌苗]
- anthrax vaccine
tòupítànjū
透皮炭疽
[透皮炭疽]
- cutaneous anthrax
shēnglíngtútàn
生灵涂炭
[生靈塗炭]
- people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
tànjūgǎnjūn
炭疽杆菌
[炭疽桿菌]
- anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)
Shítànjǐngqū
石炭井区
[石炭井區]
- Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區／大武口区 ( Dàwǔkǒuqū) of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市 ( Shízuǐshānshì), Ningxia
cāngshēngtútàn
苍生涂炭
[蒼生塗炭]
- the common people in a miserable state
xuězhōngsòngtàn
雪中送炭
[雪中送炭]
- lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
- fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
bīngtànbùxiāngróng
冰炭不相容
[冰炭不相容]
- as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals
bīngtànbùyán,lěngrèzìmíng
冰炭不言，冷热自明
[冰炭不言，冷熱自明]
- ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words