燒炭
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever |
charcoal | ||
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trad. (燒炭) | 燒 | 炭 | |
simp. (烧炭) | 烧 | 炭 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄊㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shaotàn
- Wade–Giles: shao1-tʻan4
- Yale: shāu-tàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shautann
- Palladius: шаотань (šaotanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu1 taan3
- Yale: sīu taan
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu1 taan3
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu1 tan3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: syew|syewH thanH
Verb
[edit]燒炭
- (literal) to make charcoal by heating plant materials; to perform charcoal-burning
- 賣炭翁,伐薪燒炭南山中。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. early 8th century, Bai Juyi (白居易). The Charcoal-Seller (《賣炭翁》), translated by Arthur Waley.
- Màitànwēng, fáxīn shāotàn Nánshān zhōng. [Pinyin]
- An old charcoal-seller
Cutting wood and burning charcoal in the forest of the Southern Mountain.
卖炭翁,伐薪烧炭南山中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- to commit suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from burning charcoal