烟 meaning and pronunciation

烟
Simplified character
煙
Traditional character

烟 English definition

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

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 傿 : name of an immortal; ancient place name; surname Yan;
  • 啱 : correct; suitable; to suit sb; just now (Cantonese);
  • 嫣 : captivating;
  • 崦 : name of a mountain in Gansu;
  • 殷 : dark red;
  • 淹 : to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay;
  • 湮 : to inundate; to bury; to cover up; obscured; submerged;
  • 焉 : where; how;
  • 燕 : Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436); surname Yan;
  • 珚 : a kind of jade;
  • 篶 : black bamboo;
  • 胭 : rouge;
  • 腌 : to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat); to marinate;
  • 阉 : to castrate; a castrate; neuter;

Sentences examples with 烟

  • 对不起，医院里不能抽烟。
    Duìbùqǐ, yīyuàn lǐ bùnéng chōuyān.
  • 在森林里吸烟很危险，容易着火。
    Zài sēnlín lǐ xīyān hěn wéixiǎn, róngyì zháohuǒ.
  • 公共场所禁止抽烟。
    Gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ jìnzhǐ chōuyān.

Words containing 烟, by HSK level

抽 厨