"Coal" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 煤炭 | méi tàn | coal |   |
| 黑炭 | hēi tàn | coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining) | |
| 煤 |  méi | coal / CL:塊|块[kuai4] | |
| 炭 | tàn | wood charcoal / coal | |
| 石炭 | shí tàn | coal (old) | |
| 煤矿 | méi kuàng | coal mine / coal seam | |
| 煤气 | méi qì | coal gas / gas (fuel) | |
| 焦炭 | jiāo tàn | coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) | |
| 燃煤 | rán méi | coal fuel | |
| 原煤 | yuán méi | raw coal | |
| 采煤 | cǎi méi | coal mining / coal extraction / coal cutting | |
| 炼焦 | liàn jiāo | coking / the process of producing coke from coal | |
| 蜂窝煤 | fēng wō méi | hexagonal household coal briquette | |
| 煤焦油 | méi jiāo yóu | coal tar | |
| 煤层 | méi céng | a coal bed / a coal seam | |
| 煤矸石 | méi gān shí | waste rock (in coal mining) | |
| 火力发电厂 | huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng | fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) | |
| 探矿 | tàn kuàng | to prospect / to dig for coal or minerals | |
| 煤粉 | méi fěn | pulverized coal | |
| 司炉 | sī lú | stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine) | |
| 煤炉 | méi lú | coal stove | |
| 烟煤 | yān méi | bituminous coal | |
| 火炭 | huǒ tàn | live coal / ember / burning coals | |
| 块煤 | kuài méi | lump coal | |
| 选煤 | coal beneficiation | | |
| 洗煤 | xǐ méi | coal washing | |
| 矸石 | gān shí | waste rock (mining) / gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore) | |
| 选煤厂 | xuǎn méi chǎng | coal cleaning plant | |
| 褐煤 | hè méi | lignite / brown coal | |
| 煤制油 | méi zhì yóu | coal liquefaction | |
| 白煤 | bái méi | anthracite / hard coal / white coal / waterpower | |
| 矿物燃料 | kuàng wù rán liào | fossil fuels / oil and coal | |
| 煤箱 | méi xiāng | coal box | |
| 煤屑 | méi xiè | coal dust / coal slack | |
| 石炭系 | shí tàn xì | carboniferous system / coal measure (geology) | |
| 煤山雀 | méi shān què | (bird species of China) coal tit (Periparus ater) | |
| 南桐矿区 | Nán tóng kuàng qū | Nantong coal mining area of Chongqing | |
| 有烟煤 | yǒu yān méi | smokey coal | |
| 末煤 | mò méi | slack coal (final poor quality coal) | |
| 气煤 | qì méi | gas coal | |
| 无烟炭 | wú yān tàn | smokeless coal | |
| 煤储量 | méi chǔ liàng | coal reserves | |
| 燃煤锅炉 | rán méi guō lú | coal burning boiler | |
| 烧煤 | shāo méi | to burn coal | |
| 矸子 | gān zi | waste rock (mining) / gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore) | |
| 脱泥 | tuō ní | to remove mud / desliming (in coal production) | |
| 脏煤 | zāng méi | dirty coal / muck (from a colliery) | |
| 黑煤 | hēi méi | black coal | |
| 黑肺病 | hēi fèi bìng | pneumoconiosis (occupational disease of coal miners) / silicosis / also written 矽肺病 | |
| 原地煤气化 | in-situ coal gasification | | |
| 增压粉煤燃烧 | pressurized pulverized coal combustion | | |
| 煤当量 | coal equivalent | | |
| 煤预加工 | méi yù jiā gōng | coal preparation | |
| 粉煤精选 | fěn méi jīng xuǎn | fine coal beneficiation | |
| 洁净煤技术 | clean coal technology | | |
| 短焰煤 | duǎn yàn méi | steam coal | |
| 锅炉煤 | guō lú méi | steam coal | |
| 煤炭、石油和天然气储量 | coal, oil and natural gas reserves | | |
| 煤与薪柴替代能源工作组 | Working Group on Alternatives to Coal and Fuelwood | | |
| 煤炭贸易和统计工作队 | Working Party on Coal Trade and Coal Statistics | | |
| 无害环境煤炭技术国际圆桌会议 | International Round Table on Environmentally Sound Coal Technologies | | |
| 煤矿工时公约 | Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines | | |
| 硬煤 | yìng méi | hard coal | |
| 煤层甲烷 | méi céng jiǎ wán | coal bed methane | |
| 煤矿甲烷 | méi kuàng jiǎ wán | coal mine methane | |
| 煤层气的排除 | coal bed degasification / degasification | | |
| 特设煤炭和热电专家组 | Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Coal and Thermal Power | | |
| 煤的化学净化 | chemical cleaning of coal | | |
| 强化开采煤层气 | enhanced coal bed methane recovery | | |
| 强化开采煤层甲烷 | enhanced coal bed methane recovery | | |
| 世界煤炭学会 | World Coal Institute | | |
| 煤炭贸易工作队 | méi tàn mào yì gōng zuò duì | Working Party on Coal Trade | |
| 煤炭工业常设委员会 | Standing Commission of the Coal Industry | | |
| 煤炭统计专家组 | Group of Experts on Coal Statistics | | |
| 黑漆麻花 | hēi qī má huā | pitch-dark / coal black | |
| 煤制气 | méi zhì qì | coal gasification | |
| 炭墼 | tàn jī | coal briquette | |
| 墼 | jī | unfired brick / sun-dried mudbrick / adobe brick / briquette made of coal etc / Taiwan pr. [ji2] | |
