- 煤炭 méitàn coal
- 焦炭 jiāotàn cokecoke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
- 炭疽 tànjū anthracnosea group of fungal or bacterial plant diseases characterized by dark, sunken lesions or cankers
- 雪中送炭 xuězhōngsòngtàn timely helpto provide help in somebody's hour of need; to give assistance when it is most needed
- 活性炭 huóxìngtàn activated carbon
- 木炭 mùtàn charcoal
- 炭火 tànhuǒ charcoal firea fire made using charcoal, often used for grilling or heating.
- 泥炭 nítàn peat
- 石炭 shítàn coalcoal (old term)
- 炭疽病 tànjūbìng anthracnosea group of fungal diseases affecting plants, characterized by dark, sunken lesions on leaves, stems, or fruit
- 石炭系 shítànxì carboniferous systemthe global chronostratigraphic unit of rock strata corresponding to the Carboniferous period
- 生灵涂炭 shēnglíngtútàn extreme miserypeople are plunged into a state of extreme misery (due to war or disaster)
- 涂炭 tútàn miseryextreme distress or suffering, often of a population due to war or disaster
- 火炭 huǒtàn emberburning or glowing pieces of coal or wood
- 石炭纪 Shítànjì CarboniferousCarboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
- 黑炭 hēitàn charcoalcoal, charcoal, or bituminous coal used as fuel or in mining
- 烧炭 shāotàn burn charcoalto manufacture charcoal from wood or to burn charcoal for fuel
- 石炭酸 shítànsuān phenolphenol C6H5OH
- 骨炭 gǔtàn bone blackcharcoal produced by charring animal bones, used as a pigment or in sugar refining and water filtration
- 苍生涂炭 cāngshēngtútàn widespread sufferingthe common people in a miserable state
- 冰炭不相容 bīngtànbùxiāngróng incompatiblemutually exclusive or irreconcilable; as incompatible as ice and hot coals
- 炭墼 tànjī briquettecoal briquette
- 炭疽热 tànjūrè anthrax
- 卖炭翁 Mài Tàn Wēng old charcoal sellerThe Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi [[白居易|白居易|Bai2 Ju1 yi4]]
- 艾叶炭 àiyètàn carbonized mugwortcarbonized mugwort leaf used as a traditional Chinese medicine preparation, specifically Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
- 艾炭 àitàn carbonized mugwortcarbonized mugwort leaf used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), often to stop bleeding
- 冰炭不言,冷热自明 bīngtànbùyán, lěngrèzìmíng self-evident sincerityice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying; figuratively, sincerity is not expressed in words
- 无烟炭 wúyāntàn anthracitesmokeless coal; anthracite
- 炭疽杆菌 tànjūgǎnjūn anthrax bacteriumanthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)
- 炭焙 tànbèi charcoal-roasted
- 泥炭藓 nítànxiǎn sphagnum mossmatted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
- 石炭井 Shítànjǐng ShitanjingShitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district [[大武口区|大武口區|Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1]] of Shizuishan city [[石嘴山市|石嘴山市|Shi2 zui3 shan1 Shi4]], Ningxia
- 石炭井区 Shítànjǐngqū Shitanjing subdistrictShitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district [[大武口区|大武口區|Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1]] of Shizuishan city [[石嘴山市|石嘴山市|Shi2 zui3 shan1 Shi4]], Ningxia
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH