烟

yān

“Cigarette or pipe tobacco” in Chinese is 烟 (yān).

Other characters with the syllable yan: see all 24 →

Meaning

cigarette or pipe tobacco
smoke
mist

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vapour
tobacco plant
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])

Example

你抽不抽烟？

Do you smoke?

From 抽烟 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 烟

抽烟chōuyānto smoke (tobacco)HSK 4 吸烟xīyānto smokeHSK 4 烟花yānhuāfireworksHSK 6 戒烟jiè yānto give up smokingHSK 7-9 香烟xiāngyānsmoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family lineHSK 7-9 烟囱yāncōngchimney; smokestack; stovepipeHSK 7-9 烟火yānhuǒsmoke and fireHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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