Chinese word

煤矿

Pronunciation

Pinyinméi kuàng

Meaning

  • nouncoal mine

Example

我们今天参观了煤矿。wǒ men jīn tiān cān guān le méi kuàng

We visited the coal mine today.

Illustration for 煤矿 (coal mine)

More examples

工人每天从早上就进入煤矿工作。gōng rén měi tiān cóng zǎo shàng jiù jìn rù méi kuàng gōng zuò

Workers enter the coal mine to work every morning.

Core concept

A source and workplace for obtaining coal, whether underground or open-pit.

Common phrases

  • 进入煤矿jìn rù méi kuàng

    enter the coal mine

  • 关闭煤矿guān bì méi kuàng

    close the coal mine

Similar words

矿山kuàng shān: A place where ore or other useful resources are mined from the earth.
矿井kuàng jǐng: An underground mining facility with shafts and tunnels for obtaining ore or coal.
炭坑tàn kēng: A coal-mining pit and the tunnels used to obtain coal.
煤田méi tián: A broad region or underground deposit where coal naturally occurs.

Definition in Chinese

指含有可开采煤炭的地下或露天矿床及其进行开采的设施与场所。zhǐ hán yǒu kě kāi cǎi méi tàn de dì xià huò lù tiān kuàng chuáng jí qí jìn xíng kāi cǎi de shè shī yǔ cháng suǒ

Word origin

煤 (méi, "coal") identifies the resource and 矿 (kuàng, "mine or mineral deposit") identifies its deposit or extraction site, so the compound covers both the resource location and its facilities.

Usage tips

  • Descriptions of a site being closed or reopened can use this noun for the operation and its facilities as one unit, rather than for a natural deposit alone.

Related words

  • 煤矿区méi kuàng qūcoal-mining areanoun
  • 煤矿设备méi kuàng shè bèicoal-mine equipmentnoun

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