燒炭

Chinese

		to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	charcoal
trad. (燒炭)		燒	炭
simp. (烧炭)		烧	炭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāotàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ taan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāotàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaotàn
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: shāu-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shautann
    • Palladius: шаотань (šaotanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: syew|syewH thanH

Rime
Character	燒	燒	炭
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	式招切	失照切	他旦切
Baxter	syew	syewH	thanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇu/	/ɕiᴇuH/	/tʰɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛu/	/ɕiɛuH/	/tʰɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæu/	/ɕjæuH/	/tʰɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiaw/	/ɕiawH/	/tʰanH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛu/	/ɕiɛuH/	/tʰɑnH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛu/	/ɕĭɛuH/	/tʰɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛu/	/ɕi̯ɛuH/	/tʰɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo	shào	tàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1	siu3	taan3

Verb

燒炭

1. (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.]
     卖炭翁，伐薪烧炭南山中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.

2. to commit suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from burning charcoal