| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 冰炭不相容 | bīng tàn bù xiāng róng | as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals | |
| 活性炭 | huó xìng tàn | activated carbon | |
| 火炭 | Huǒ Tàn | Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong) | |
| 焦炭 | jiāo tàn | (n) coke, a relatively high energy fuel used in blast furnaces | |
| 煤炭 | méi tàn | coal | |
| 木炭 | mù tàn | charcoal | |
| 泥炭 | ní tàn | peat | |
| 石炭紀 | 石炭纪 | shí tàn jì | Carboniferous (geological period) |
| 石炭井區 | 石炭井区 | Shí tàn jǐng qū | (N) Shitanjing (area in Ningxia) |
| 石炭系 | shí tàn xì | carboniferous system; coal measure (geol.) | |
| 炭 | tàn | carbon; charcoal | |
| 炭疽 | tàn jū | anthrax; bacillus | |
| 炭疽病 | tàn jū bìng | anthrax | |
| 炭疽杆菌 | tàn jū gān jūn | Bacillus anthracis | |
| 炭疽菌苗 | tàn jū jūn miáo | anthrax vaccine | |
| 炭疽熱 | 炭疽热 | tàn jū rè | anthrax |
| 透皮炭疽 | tòu pí tàn jū | cutaneous anthrax |
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