烟灰缸 (yānhuīgāng): ashtray

Measure Word

一个烟灰缸 gè

Meanings

1 ashtray

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

请把烟灰缸递给我。

Qǐng bǎ yānhuīgāng dìgěi wǒ.

Please pass me the ashtray.

HSK 7-9

桌子上放着一个脏兮兮的烟灰缸。

Zhuōzi shàng fàng zhe yīgè zāngxīxī de yānhuīgāng.

There's a dirty ashtray on the table.

Tips

memory

Think of it literally: smoke (烟) + ash (灰) + jar/container (缸) = a container for cigarette ash.

Stroke Order

烟 yān

灰 huī

缸 gāng

Related Words

烟灰 yānhuī #23,005

cigarette ash / tobacco ash / ash from smoke

烟灰色 yānhuīsè

smoke gray / ash gray

灰飞烟灭 huīfēi-yānmiè #20,327

to vanish without a trace / to be reduced to ashes / to disappear completely (like ash and smoke)

烟花 yānhuā HSK 6 #7,737

fireworks / smoke and flowers (poetic)

烟 yān HSK 3 #1,874

cigarette; tobacco / smoke; fumes

樯橹灰飞烟灭 qiánglǔ huī fēi yān miè

masts and oars - ash scatters, smoke vanishes / (of a fleet) utterly destroyed, reduced to ash and smoke / (lit.) masts and oars fly as ash and dissolve as smoke

烟雾 yānwù #6,333

smoke / mist / haze / smog

烟草 yāncǎo #7,142

tobacco / cigarette plant

浴缸 yùgāng #4,575

bathtub

吸烟 xīyān HSK 4 #4,768

to smoke (cigarettes) / smoking