HSK 6 · Nature

矿产 kuàngchǎn “mineral resources” in Chinese

Traditional 礦產

What 矿产 means

  1. mineral resources
  2. minerals

How to say 矿产

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale矿kuàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale产chǎn3rd tone, dipping

矿产 in a sentence

  1. 这个地区矿产资源很丰富。

    Zhè ge dìqū kuàngchǎn zīyuán hěn fēngfù.

    This area is rich in mineral resources.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他在一家矿产公司工作。

    Tā zài yì jiā kuàngchǎn gōngsī gōngzuò.

    He works for a mining company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 矿产 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 矿 (kuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
矿kuàngmineral deposit; ore deposit
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 广shelter · guǎngSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 广 (guǎng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuàng.

The character 产 (chǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
产chǎnto give birth
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 厂cliff · hǎnSound part

How to write 矿产

矿 8 strokes · 产 6 strokes

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矿产 (kuàngchǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 矿产 (kuàngchǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 矿产

Words with 矿

矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐ · mineral water

Words with 产

产生chǎnshēng · to produce生产shēngchǎn · to produce财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt产业chǎnyè · industry盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in资产zīchǎn · assets遗产yíchǎn · heritage

More words: Nature & Environment

呼啸hūxiào · to whistle茎jīng · stem开采kāicǎi · to mine砍伐kǎnfá · to fell (trees)枯萎kūwěi · to wither茂盛màoshèng · lush蚂蚁mǎyǐ · ant萌芽méngyá · to sprout

FAQs

矿产 (kuàngchǎn) means “mineral resources” or “minerals”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuàngchǎn: kuàng with a 4th tone, then chǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 矿产 is written 礦產. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuangchan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 矿产 from the suggestions. Typing kuangchan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
矿产 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.