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  • 1

    n.smoke

    • yī tuán yān liáo rào shàng shēng

      缭绕上升

      A cloud of smoke eddies upward.

    • gāo gāo de yān cōng pēn tǔ chū hēi yān

      烟囱喷吐

      Tall chimneys belch forth black smoke.

    • mǎn wū zi dōu shì yān

      屋子

      The room was full of smoke.

  • 2

    n.mist; vapour; anything that resembles smoke

    • yān xiá

      mist and clouds

    • yān wù

      mist and smoke

    • yún yān

      clouds and mist

    synonym
  • 3

    n.tobacco

    • tā kào zhòng yān zhuàn qián

      赚钱

      She earns money by cultivating tobacco.

    • tā zhòng le sān mǔ yān

      He planted three acres of tobacco.

    • tā men hé huǒ zhòng le mǔ yān

      他们合伙20

      They grow 20 acres of tobacco together.

  • 4

    n.tobacco product (cigarette or cigar)

    • qǐng wù xī yān

      No smoking.

    • tā qǐng wǒ chōu zhī yān

      He offered me a cigarette.

    • nǐ chōu yān ma

      Do you smoke?

  • 5

    v.(of eyes) be irritated by smoke

    • tā men zài shēng huǒ shí yǎn jing bèi yān le

      他们生火眼睛

      They got smoke in their eyes when they started the fire.

    • shuí zài zhè lǐ shēng huǒ a wǒ dōu yān de zhēng bù kāi yǎn le

      这里

      Who's lighting the stove here? I can't even open my eyes for the smoke.

    • wǒ yān le yǎn jing

      眼睛

      My eyes were irritated by the smoke.

  • 6

    n.opium

    • yī gǎn yān qiāng

      an opium pipe

  • 7

    n.lampblack

    • yān zì

      smoke stain

Words and phrases with 烟

Word usage

  • "烟" is often matched with measure word "根"or"缕"or"包"or"条".
    • one cigarette

    • one wisp of smoke

    • one packet of cigarettes

    • one carton of cigarettes

Similar-form characters to 烟

Chinese Characters with pinyin yān

  • here; how
  • flood; be tingling from sweat
  • throat
  • beautiful; bright
  • blackish red