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烟 yān

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烟 yān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yān | yan1
English translation
cigarette or pipe tobacco
CL:根 gēn [gēn]
smoke
mist
vapour
CL:縷 lǚ
>缕 lǚ [lǚ]
tobacco plant
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

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About 烟 yān

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

煙 yān

Contains the radical

火 Huǒ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of 烟 yān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰火因

Semantic compound

火 Huǒ

Phonetic compound

因 yīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 火 Huǒ represents the meaning and 因 yīn represents the sound. Simplified form of 煙 yān .

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Example sentences using 烟 yān

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他 tā 拾 shè 起 qǐ 烟灰缸 yān huī gāng ,放到桌上.

He picked up the ash tray and put it on the table.

弗烈特 tè 憋 biē 了 le 一肚子 yī dù zi 闷气,一直 yīzhí 在 zài 抽雪前烟 yān .

Freddie had been puffing on his cigar angrily.

烟 yān 屑 xiè 污染 wūrǎn 空气 kōngqì .

Soot fouls the air.

猪 zhū 丹 dān 毒 dú 杆菌 gǎn jūn 对 duì 盐 yán 腌 yān , 酸 suān 浸 jìn , 烟 yān 熏 xūn 很 hěn 有 yǒu 抵抗力 dǐ kàng lì .

The erysipelas organism is quite resistant to salting, pickling, and smoking.

路加 Lù jiā 谢绝 xièjué 了 le 递 dì 过来 guò lái 的 de 酒 jiǔ ,自己 zìjǐ 点 diǎn 着 zhāo 一 yī 支 Zhī 香烟 xiāng yān 抽 chōu 了 le 起来 qǐlai .

Luca refused the drink offered to him and lit a cigarette.

Words with 烟 yān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
烟 yān smoke煙 yān
抽烟 chōuyān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)抽煙
吸烟 xī yān to smoke吸煙
香烟 xiāng yān cigarette香煙
烟花 yān huā fireworks煙花
烟草 yān cǎo tobacco煙草
烟雾 yān wù smoke煙霧
戒烟 jiè yān to give up smoking戒煙
烟火 yān huǒ fireworks煙火
烟囱 yān cōng chimney煙囪
浓烟 nóng yān thick smoke濃煙
烟台 Yān tái Yantai prefecture level city in Shandong煙台
冒烟 mào yān to discharge smoke冒煙
卷烟 juǎn yān cigarette卷煙
烽烟 fēng yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)烽煙
烟叶 yān yè leaf tobacco煙葉
烟灰缸 yān huī gāng ashtray煙灰缸
烟头 yān tóu fag-end煙頭
硝烟 xiāo yān smoke (from guns)硝煙
烟消云散 yān xiāo yún sàn to disappear煙消雲散
烟酒 yān jiǔ tobacco and alcohol煙酒
烟斗 yān dǒu (smoking) pipe煙斗
烤烟 kǎo yān flue-cured tobacco烤煙
一溜烟 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke一溜煙
油烟 yóu yān soot油煙

烟 yān Decomposition & Compounds

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烟 yān Decomposition

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