燃
to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
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How 燃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 然 (phonetic, rán)
How to remember it
ignite · Heisig RSH #1591
火 fire + 然 sort of thing
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 燃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内燃机车 | nèi rán jī chē | diesel locomotive |
| 核燃料后处理 | hé rán liào hòu chǔ lǐ | nuclear fuel reprocessing |
| 生物燃料 | shēng wù rán liào | biofuel |
| 化石燃料 | huà shí rán liào | fossil fuel |
| 燃气轮机 | rán qì lún jī | gas turbine |
| 可燃性 | kě rán xìng | flammable; flammability |
| 内燃机 | nèi rán jī | internal combustion engine |
| 易燃物品 | yì rán wù pǐn | flammable articles |
| 燃油车 | rán yóu chē | fuel-powered car; internal-combustion vehicle |
| 死灰复燃 | sǐ huī fù rán | lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence; sth malevolent … |
| 燃素说 | rán sù shuō | phlogiston theory |
| 易燃物 | yì rán wù | flammable substance |
| 燃气电厂 | rán qì diàn chǎng | gas fired power station |
| 可燃冰 | kě rán bīng | clathrate hydrates |
| 燃料油 | rán liào yóu | fuel oil |
| 燃料电池 | rán liào diàn chí | fuel cell |
| 燃眉之急 | rán méi zhī jí | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency |
| 自燃 | zì rán | spontaneous combustion |
| 再生燃料 | zài shēng rán liào | renewable fuel |
| 燃气 | rán qì | fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc) |