How to say “fuel” in Chinese
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“Fuel” in Chinese is 燃料, rán liào: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
燃料 is read rán liào: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 火 “fire”; on the right, 然 rán gives both meaning and reading: 然 also originally meant “to burn”.
On the left, 米 “rice”; on the right, 斗 “measure”: measuring out grain.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “燃料”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 燃料. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 飞机起飞前要加满燃料。fēijīqǐfēiqiányàojiāmǎnránliàoBefore takeoff, a plane has to be filled up with fuel.
More words from the lesson “Oil, coal and gas”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “fuel” in Chinese?
“Fuel” in Chinese is 燃料, pinyin ránliào.
What does 燃料 mean?
燃料 (ránliào) means “fuel”.
How do you write 燃料?
燃料 is 2 characters: 燃 (rán) — burn, ignite; 料 (liào) — material, raw material. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 燃料?
燃料 is read ránliào. Tones: rán — second tone, liào — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“fuel” in the lesson “Oil, coal and gas”
This word is from the topic “Energy, ecology, disasters” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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