yān

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

HSK 4 #967

DEFINITIONS

烟 yān
  • cigarette or pipe tobacco
  • CL:根[gen1]
  • smoke
  • mist
  • vapour
  • CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
  • tobacco plant
  • (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

STROKES

WORDS

室 xī yān shì smoking room
渺无人 miǎo wú rén yān remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted; God-forsaken
筒 yān tong chimney; stovepipe; smokestack
缸 yān gāng ashtray
袋 yān dài tobacco pipe
酸 yān suān niacin (vitamin B3); 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid C6H5NO2; nicotinic acid
雨 yān yǔ misty rain; drizzle
盒 bí yān hé snuffbox
袋 shuǐ yān dài water bong; water pipe; hookah
kǎo yān flue-cured tobacco; tobacco for flue-curing
zhǐ yān cigarette
不食人间火 bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ lit. not eating the food of common mortals; fig. placing oneself above the common populace
二手 èr shǒu yān second-hand smoke
dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
区 xī yān qū smoking area
如堕雾 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
抽油机 chōu yóu yān jī range hood; kitchen exhaust hood
放射性羽 fàng shè xìng yān yǔ radiation plume
幕弹 fàng yān mù dàn to spread a smokescreen
jìng yān to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
hàn yān tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
煤 yǒu yān méi smokey coal
杳无人 yǎo wú rén yān dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted; God-forsaken
bǎn yān plug (of tobacco)
花雾 liǔ yān huā wù lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring