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烟
煙
yān
1. cigarette or pipe tobacco
2. CL:[[根<gēn>]]
3. smoke
4. mist
5. vapour
6. CL:[[縷|缕<lǚ>]]
7. tobacco plant
8. (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

烟
yān
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

烟霞
yānxiá
haze
硝烟
xiāoyān
smoke (from guns)
烟叶
yānyè
leaf tobacco
烟雨
yānyǔ
misty rain
烟头
yāntóu
cigarette butt
狼烟
lángyān
fire beacon
烟花
yānhuā
fireworks
烟草
yāncǎo
tobacco
烟火
yānhuǒ
smoke and fire
烟酸
yānsuān
niacin (vitamin B3)
烟雾
yānwù
smoke
烟霭
yānǎi
mist and clouds
烟鬼
yānguǐ
heavy smoker
烟碱
yānjiǎn
variant of [[菸鹼|菸碱<yānjiǎn>]]
烟波
yānbō
mist covered water
烟肉
yānròu
bacon
烟民
yānmín
smokers
烟气
yānqì
smoke
烟斗
yāndǒu
(smoking) pipe
烟海
yānhǎi
the vast ocean

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
966
Word Frequency Rank
935 of 84,292

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