烟味

煙味

yānwèi

noun

Meanings

1 smell of smoke
2 cigarette smoke smell

Characters

smoke, cigarette

Examples

他衣服上全是烟味。

Tā yīfu shàng quán shì yānwèi.

His clothes are covered in the smell of smoke.

房间里一股浓浓的烟味。

Fángjiān lǐ yī gǔ nóng nóng de yānwèi.

There's a thick smell of smoke in the room.

Tips

usage

烟 can mean either smoke or tobacco, so 烟味 most often refers specifically to cigarette smell. For wildfire or cooking smoke you might clarify with 烧焦的烟味 or 炒菜的油烟味.

Stroke Order

烟 yān

味 wèi