Keyword
tobacco
- smoke
- soot
- opium
- cigarettes
- Frequency
- #1132
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
yān100%
Mnemonic
火 (fire) gives the meaning and 因 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
烟
cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke; tobacco (variant of 烟 (yān))
烟草
tobacco
香烟
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 (bāo),盒 (hé)); cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 (bāo),盒 (hé)) (variant of 香烟 (xiāngyān))
抽烟
to smoke (tobacco)
吸烟
to smoke
烟雾
smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
烟火
smoke and fire; cooked food; (literary) beacon fire; (literary) descendants; posterity
戒烟
to give up smoking
烟花
fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
烟囱
chimney; smokestack; stovepipe
浓烟
thick smoke
卷烟
cigarette; cigar
冒烟
to discharge smoke; to fume with rage
禁烟
to ban smoking; to quit smoking; to prohibit cooking; prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729)
烟叶
leaf tobacco
烟酒
tobacco and alcohol
烟尘
smoke and dust; air pollution
烟消云散
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
烟头
cigarette butt
烟台市
Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省 (ShāndōngShěng)
灰飞烟灭
lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
乌烟瘴气
(idiom) full of smoke and noxious fumes; (fig.) toxic atmosphere; chaotic environment
烟斗
(smoking) pipe
油烟
soot; lampblack