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石炭

石炭

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	carbon; charcoal
simp. and trad. (石炭)		石	炭

Noun

石炭

coal

Synonyms

煤 (méi)
煤炭 (méitàn)
烏金／乌金

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	炭
せき Grade: 1	たん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

石炭 ‎(hiragana せきたん, romaji sekitan)

coal

Derived terms

石炭鉱区 (せきたんこうく) ‎(sekitan kōku): coal mine

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shítàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄊㄢˋ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa̍k-than
Min Nan (POJ): chio̍h-thòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shítàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄊㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰa̠n⁵¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k-than
  - Hakka Romanization System: sag tan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sag⁶ tan⁴
  - IPA: /sak̚⁵ tʰan⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-thòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-thuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqtvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² tʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰuã²¹/