烟

煙

yān

noun HSK 3 #1,874

Measure Word

一根烟 gēn

Meanings

1 cigarette; tobacco
2 smoke; fumes

Characters

smoke; cigarette

Contains the fire radical 火, since smoke is produced by burning.

Examples

请不要在这里吸烟。

Qǐng bú yào zài zhèlǐ xī yān.

Please don't smoke here.

厨房里都是烟。

Chúfáng lǐ dōu shì yān.

The kitchen is full of smoke.

他戒烟了。

Tā jiè yān le.

He quit smoking.

Tips

usage

吸烟 (xī yān) or 抽烟 (chōu yān) both mean 'to smoke'. 戒烟 (jiè yān) means to quit smoking. 二手烟 (èrshǒu yān) is secondhand smoke.

Stroke Order

烟 yān