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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)

人烟
rényān
sign of human habitation
倒烟
dàoyān
to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
冒烟
màoyān
to discharge smoke
卷烟
juǎnyān
cigarette
吸烟
xīyān
to smoke
大烟
dàyān
opium
戒烟
jièyān
to give up smoking
抽烟
chōuyān
to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
HSK 4
敬烟
jìngyān
to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
旱烟
hànyān
tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
板烟
bǎnyān
plug (of tobacco)
水烟
shuǐyān
shredded tobacco for water pipes
油烟
yóuyān
soot
浓烟
nóngyān
thick smoke
炊烟
chuīyān
smoke from kitchen chimneys
HSK 6
烤烟
kǎoyān
flue-cured tobacco
烽烟
fēngyān
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
无烟
wúyān
nonsmoking (e.g. environment)
烟台
Yāntái
Yantai prefecture level city in Shandong
烟囱
yāncōng
chimney

Metadata

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

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