炭礦

Chinese

		charcoal	ore; mine
trad. (炭礦)		炭	礦
simp. (炭矿)		炭	矿

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thòaⁿ-khòng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòaⁿ-khòng
    • Tâi-lô: thuànn-khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvoarqoxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ¹¹/

Noun

炭礦

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) coalmine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 煤礦 (“coalmine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		煤礦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	煤礦
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	煤礦
Cantonese	Hong Kong	煤礦
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	煤礦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	煤礦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	煤礦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	煤礦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	煤礦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	煤礦
Southern Min	Tainan	煤礦, 炭礦
Xiang	Loudi	煤礦, 窯山, 炭山

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炭	礦
たん Grade: 3	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 炭礦 – see the following entry.

【炭鉱たんこう】 [noun] coal mine Alternative spellings 炭砿, 炭坑

(This term, 炭礦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)