yān

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

DEFINITIONS

  • smoke, soot
  • opium
  • tobacco, cigarettes
  • 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

WORDS

一溜 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke; (to disappear etc) in an instant
七竅生 qī qiào shēng yān lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger
不食人間火 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
rén yān sign of human habitation
稀少 rén yān xī shǎo no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
mào yān to discharge smoke; to fume with rage
juǎn yān cigarette; cigar
xī yān to smoke
區 xī yān qū smoking area
室 xī yān shì smoking room
dà yān opium
如墮霧 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
jiè yān to give up smoking
抽油機 chōu yóu yān jī range hood; kitchen exhaust hood
chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
放射性羽 fàng shè xìng yān yǔ radiation plume
幕彈 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
杳無人 yǎo wú rén yān dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted; God-forsaken
bǎn yān plug (of tobacco)
花霧 liǔ yān huā wù lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
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