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

霾 yān mái smoke; pollution
霭 yān ǎi mist and clouds
头儿 yān tóu r erhua variant of 煙頭|烟头[yan1 tou2]
碱 yān jiǎn variant of 菸鹼|菸碱[yan1 jian3]; nicotine
碱酸 yān jiǎn suān variant of 菸鹼酸|菸碱酸[yan1 jian3 suan1]; niacin
黑叉尾海燕 yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn (bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
láng yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces
四起 láng yān sì qǐ fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
禁止吸 jìn zhǐ xī yān No smoking!
枪 lǎo yān qiāng heavy smoker; chain smoker; life-long smoker
鬼 lǎo yān guǐ heavy smoker; chain smoker
蔓草 huāng yān màn cǎo lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds; desolate (idiom)
被动吸 bèi dòng xī yān second-hand smoking; passive smoking
请勿吸 qǐng wù xī yān No smoking; Please do not smoke
ràng yān to offer a cigarette
过滤嘴香 guò lǜ zuǐ xiāng yān filter-tipped cigarette
cháng yān endless mist
非吸 fēi xī yān nonsmoking
饭后一支,赛过活神仙 fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
器 diǎn yān qì cigarette lighter (in a car); 12-volt cigarette lighter receptacle
壶 bí yān hú snuff bottle
莫合 mò hé yān Mokelun cigarettes; a specific brand of cigarettes, possibly fictional
吸着 xī zhe yān smoking
ná yān to fetch cigarettes; to get cigarettes
míng yān famous cigarettes