煙 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

一溜煙 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke; (to disappear etc) in an instant
七竅生煙 qī qiào shēng yān lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger
不食人間煙火 bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ lit. not eating the food of common mortals; fig. placing oneself above the common populace
二手煙 èr shǒu yān second-hand smoke
人煙 rén yān sign of human habitation
人煙稀少 rén yān xī shǎo no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
倒煙 dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
冒煙 mào yān to discharge smoke; to fume with rage
卷煙 juǎn yān cigarette; cigar
吸煙 xī yān to smoke
吸煙區 xī yān qū smoking area
吸煙室 xī yān shì smoking room
大煙 dà yān opium
如墮煙霧 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
戒煙 jiè yān to give up smoking
抽油煙機 chōu yóu yān jī range hood; kitchen exhaust hood
抽煙 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
放射性煙羽 fàng shè xìng yān yǔ radiation plume
放煙幕彈 fàng yān mù dàn to spread a smokescreen
敬煙 jìng yān to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
旱煙 hàn yān tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
有煙煤 yǒu yān méi smokey coal
杳無人煙 yǎo wú rén yān dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted; God-forsaken
板煙 bǎn yān plug (of tobacco)
柳煙花霧 liǔ yān huā wù lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
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