烟

煙

yānㄧㄢ

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HSK 3 TOCFL 6

Meaning

Meanings

1
cigarette or pipe tobacco
2
CL:根[gen1]
3
smoke
4
mist
5
vapour
6
CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
7
tobacco plant
8
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

Examples

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他停下来抽根烟。

他停下來抽根菸。

He stopped for a quick cigarette.

我爸爸每天抽一包烟。

我爸爸每天抽一包煙。

My father smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.

她停下来抽了根烟。

她停下來抽了根菸。

She stopped to smoke a cigarette.

以前人们用烟作为联络信号。

以前人們用煙作爲聯絡信號。

Back then, people communicated using smoke signals.

你最好把烟戒掉。

你最好把煙戒掉。

You really should quit smoking.

Characters

Character breakdown

火

huǒ

surname Huo

因

yīn

old variant of 因[yin1]

Related: 烟

吸烟

xī yān

to smoke

戒烟

jiè yān

to give up smoking

抽烟

chōu yān

variant of 抽菸|抽烟[chou1 yan1]

抽烟

chōu yān

to smoke (tobacco)

烟火

yān huǒ

smoke and fire

烟火

yān huo

fireworks

Stroke practice

Practice writing 烟

Characters

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