煤屑

méixiè

noun

Meanings

1 coal dust
2 coal slack
3 coal fines

Characters

fragments; scraps

Examples

HSK 7-9

矿工身上沾满了煤屑。

Kuànggōng shēnshàng zhānmǎn le méixiè.

The miner was covered in coal dust.

HSK 7-9

煤屑可以压制成蜂窝煤。

Méixiè kěyǐ yāzhì chéng fēngwō méi.

Coal slack can be pressed into honeycomb briquettes.

Tips

memory

煤 (coal) + 屑 (crumbs/scraps) - literally ‘coal crumbs.’ 屑 also gives us 木屑 (sawdust), 纸屑 (paper scraps), 碎屑 (debris).

Stroke Order

煤 méi

屑 xiè