燃 rán
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
燃气
ránqì
gas; fuel gas
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 燃气泄漏后，住户不能开灯，更不能使用明火。 Ránqì xièlòu hòu, zhùhù bù néng kāi dēng, gèng bù néng shǐyòng mínghuǒ. After a gas leak, residents must not switch on lights, let alone use an open flame.
- 做饭前记得先打开燃气开关。 Zuòfàn qián jìde xiān dǎkāi ránqì kāiguān. Before cooking, remember to turn on the gas valve first.
- 新小区全部改用燃气供暖了。 Xīn xiǎoqū quánbù gǎi yòng ránqì gōngnuǎn le. The new residential complex has switched entirely to gas heating.