Usage of the character 煙
yān
烟
[煙]
- cigarette or pipe tobacco
- CL:根 (gēn)
- smoke
- mist
- vapour
- CL:縷／缕 (lü)
- tobacco plant
- (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
yāntong
烟筒
[煙筒]
- chimney
- stovepipe
- smokestack
yāndài
烟袋
[煙袋]
- tobacco pipe
yānguǎn
烟管
[煙管]
- smoking pipe
yānsuān
烟酸
[煙酸]
- niacin (vitamin B3)
- 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid C6H5NO2
- nicotinic acid
yāndì
烟蒂
[煙蒂]
- cigarette butt (variant of 菸蒂／烟蒂 (yāndi))
yāndǒu
烟斗
[煙斗]
- (smoking) pipe
yāndòu
烟豆
[煙豆]
- variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family
bǎnyān
板烟
[板煙]
- plug (of tobacco)
Yāntái
烟台
[煙台]
- Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
yānyè
烟叶
[煙葉]
- leaf tobacco
yānxiá
烟霞
[煙霞]
- haze
yāntóu
烟头
[煙頭]
- cigarette butt
- fag-end
- CL:根 (gēn)
dàyān
大烟
[大煙]
- opium
jièyān
戒烟
[戒煙]
- to give up smoking
yānhuā
烟花
[煙花]
- fireworks
- prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
chōuyān
抽烟
[抽煙]
- to smoke (tobacco) (variant of 抽菸／抽烟 (chouyān))
yānmín
烟民
[煙民]
- smokers
yānguǐ
烟鬼
[煙鬼]
- heavy smoker
- chain smoker
yúnyān
云烟
[雲煙]
- mist
- smoke
- cloud
nóngyān
浓烟
[濃煙]
- thick smoke
yānhǎi
烟海
[煙海]
- the vast ocean
yānmái
烟霾
[煙霾]
- smoke
- pollution
yāncǎo
烟草
[煙草]
- tobacco
chángyān
长烟
[長煙]
- endless mist
diǎnyān
点烟
[點煙]
- to light a cigarette
yóuyān
油烟
[油煙]
- soot
- lampblack
jìnyān
禁烟
[禁煙]
- to ban smoking
- to quit smoking
- to prohibit cooking
- prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729)
chuīyān
炊烟
[炊煙]
- smoke from kitchen chimneys
yānchén
烟尘
[煙塵]
- smoke and dust
- air pollution
shuǐyān
水烟
[水煙]
- shredded tobacco for water pipes
yānròu
烟肉
[煙肉]
- bacon
- smoked ham
yāntǔ
烟土
[煙土]
- raw opium
yān'ǎi
烟霭
[煙靄]
- mist and clouds
xiāoyān
硝烟
[硝煙]
- smoke (from guns)
yānyǐn
烟瘾
[煙癮]
- the urge to smoke
- tobacco addiction
yānjiǎn
烟碱
[煙鹼]
- variant of 菸鹼／菸碱 (yānjiǎn)
- nicotine
yānjiǎn
烟硷
[煙礆]
- variant of 菸鹼／菸碱 (yānjiǎn)
- nicotine
yānchǎng
烟厂
[煙廠]
- cigarette factory
yānquān
烟圈
[煙圈]
- smoke ring
yāntū
烟突
[煙突]
- chimney
yānqì
烟气
[煙氣]
- smoke
ràngyān
让烟
[讓煙]
- to offer a cigarette
páiyān
排烟
[排煙]
- to discharge smoke
rényān
人烟
[人煙]
- sign of human habitation
yānpì
烟屁
[煙屁]
- cigarette butt
yāncōng
烟囱
[煙囪]
- chimney
yānyǔ
烟雨
[煙雨]
- misty rain
- drizzle
lángyān
狼烟
[狼煙]
- smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces
kǎoyān
烤烟
[烤煙]
- flue-cured tobacco
- tobacco for flue-curing
yānbō
烟波
[煙波]
- mist covered water
xiāngyān
香烟
[香煙]
- cigarette
- smoke from burning incense
- CL:支 (zhī),條／条 (tiáo)
yānjuǎn
烟卷
[煙捲]
- cigarette
- cigar
jìngyān
敬烟
[敬煙]
- to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
xīyān
吸烟
[吸煙]
- to smoke
yānxūn
烟熏
[煙燻]
- smoke
- to fumigate
wúyān
无烟
[無煙]
- nonsmoking (e.g. environment)
yānmù
烟幕
[煙幕]
- smokescreen
- fig. a diversion
yānjìng
烟径
[煙徑]
- misty lane
zhǐyān
纸烟
[紙煙]
- cigarette
yāngāng
烟缸
[煙缸]
- ashtray
màoyān
冒烟
[冒煙]
- to discharge smoke
- to fume with rage
yānwù
烟雾
[煙霧]
- smoke
- mist
- vapor
- smog
- fumes
fēngyān
烽烟
[烽煙]
- fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
yānhuī
烟灰
[煙灰]
- cigarette ash
yānhuǒ
烟火
[煙火]
- smoke and fire
- fireworks
dàoyān
倒烟
[倒煙]
- to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
yānqiāng
烟枪
[煙槍]
- opium pipe
jìyān
忌烟
[忌煙]
- to quit smoking
bíyān
鼻烟
[鼻煙]
- snuff
hànyān
旱烟
[旱煙]
- tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
juǎnyān
卷烟
[卷煙]
- cigarette
- cigar
yānjiǔ
烟酒
[煙酒]
- tobacco and alcohol
shuǐyānhú
水烟壶
[水煙壺]
- bong
- water pipe (for tobacco etc)
- hookah
yāntóur
烟头儿
[煙頭兒]
- erhua variant of 煙頭／烟头 (yāntóu)
yānhuāchǎng
烟花场
[煙花場]
- brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
èrshǒuyān
二手烟
[二手煙]
- second-hand smoke
yānhuāzhài
烟花债
[煙花債]
- involved in a love affair
yānhuāxiàng
烟花巷
[煙花巷]
- red-light district
xīyānqū
吸烟区
[吸煙區]
- smoking area
yānguǎnmiàn
烟管面
[煙管麵]
- elbow pasta
yānxūnzhuāng
烟熏妆
[煙熏妝]
- smoky-effect makeup around the eyes
yānhuāzhèn
烟花阵
[煙花陣]
- brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
yānhuāzhài
烟花寨
[煙花寨]
- brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
yānxūnyǎn
烟熏眼
[煙熏眼]
- smoky eyes look (cosmetics)
yānliǔyīng
烟柳莺
[煙柳鶯]
- (bird species of China) smoky warbler (Phylloscopus fuligiventer)
shuǐyānguǎn
水烟管
[水煙管]
- bong
- water pipe (for tobacco etc)
- hookah
yīliùyān
一溜烟
[一溜煙]
- like a wisp of smoke
- (to disappear etc) in an instant
bíyānhé
鼻烟盒
[鼻煙盒]
- snuffbox
yǒuyānméi
有烟煤
[有煙煤]
- smokey coal
pōyānhuā
泼烟花
[潑煙花]
- low-class prostitute
yānwùzhèng
烟雾症
[煙霧症]
- moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan)
xīyānshì
吸烟室
[吸煙室]
- smoking room
yānmùdàn
烟幕弹
[煙幕彈]
- smoke bomb
bíyānhú
鼻烟壶
[鼻煙壺]
- snuff bottle
yānhuāshì
烟花市
[煙花市]
- (old) red-light district
- brothel
yānhuānü
烟花女
[煙花女]
- prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
wúyānméi
无烟煤
[無煙煤]
- anthracite
diǎnyānqì
点烟器
[點煙器]
- cigarette lighter (in a car)
- 12-volt cigarette lighter receptacle
yānhuāchǎng
烟花厂
[煙花廠]
- firework factory
yānpìgu
烟屁股
[煙屁股]
- cigarette butt
yānhuǒqì
烟火气
[煙火氣]
- cooking smells
- (fig.) lively atmosphere
yānhuīgāng
烟灰缸
[煙灰缸]
- ashtray
lǎoyānguǐ
老烟鬼
[老煙鬼]
- heavy smoker
- chain smoker
yānjuǎnr
烟卷儿
[煙捲兒]
- cigarette
- CL:棵 (kē)
Yāntáishì
烟台市
[煙台市]
- Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong
diànzǐyān
电子烟
[電子煙]
- e-cigarette
- vape
lǎoyānqiāng
老烟枪
[老煙槍]
- heavy smoker
- chain smoker
- life-long smoker
xuějiāyān
雪茄烟
[雪茄煙]
- cigar
yānwùjì
烟雾剂
[煙霧劑]
- aerosol
wúyāntàn
无烟炭
[無煙炭]
- smokeless coal
shuǐyāndài
水烟袋
[水煙袋]
- water bong
- water pipe
- hookah
yānjiǎnsuān
烟碱酸
[煙鹼酸]
- variant of 菸鹼酸／菸碱酸 (yānjiǎnsuān)
- niacin
fēixīyān
非吸烟
[非吸煙]
- nonsmoking
yānhuābù
烟花簿
[煙花簿]
- catalog of prostitutes (esp. in Yuan theater)
qīqiàoshēngyān
七窍生烟
[七竅生煙]
- lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
- fig. to seethe with anger
chōuyóuyānjī
抽油烟机
[抽油煙機]
- range hood
- kitchen exhaust hood
fàngyānmùdàn
放烟幕弹
[放煙幕彈]
- to spread a smokescreen
yānhuābàozhú
烟花爆竹
[煙花爆竹]
- fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)
yānxūnhuǒliǎo
烟熏火燎
[煙燻火燎]
- smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
wūyānzhàngqì
乌烟瘴气
[烏煙瘴氣]
- billowing smoke (idiom)
- foul atmosphere
- (fig.) murky atmosphere
- in a turmoil
lángyānsìqǐ
狼烟四起
[狼煙四起]
- fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
bèidòngxīyān
被动吸烟
[被動吸煙]
- second-hand smoking
- passive smoking
hàorúyānhǎi
浩如烟海
[浩如煙海]
- vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
qǐngwùxīyān
请勿吸烟
[請勿吸煙]
- No smoking
- Please do not smoke
guòyǎnyúnyān
过眼云烟
[過眼雲煙]
- ephemeral (idiom)
miǎowúrényān
渺无人烟
[渺無人煙]
- remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted
- God-forsaken
yānxiāoyúnsàn
烟消云散
[煙消雲散]
- to vanish like smoke in thin air
- to disappear
yānhuāxíngyuàn
烟花行院
[煙花行院]
- brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
yānjiǔbùzhān
烟酒不沾
[煙酒不沾]
- abstaining from liquor and tobacco
yānhuāfēngyuè
烟花风月
[煙花風月]
- refers to lovemaking (idiom)
yānhuāfěndài
烟花粉黛
[煙花粉黛]
- woman
- prostitute
- lovemaking
- literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
liǔyānhuāwù
柳烟花雾
[柳煙花霧]
- lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
fēngyānbiàndì
烽烟遍地
[烽煙遍地]
- fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
rényānxīshǎo
人烟稀少
[人煙稀少]
- no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
yānhuāliǔxiàng
烟花柳巷
[煙花柳巷]
- red-light district
méiyǒurényān
没有人烟
[沒有人煙]
- uninhabited
fēngyānsìqǐ
烽烟四起
[烽煙四起]
- lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
huāngwúrényān
荒无人烟
[荒無人煙]
- desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
yǎowúrényān
杳无人烟
[杳無人煙]
- dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
- God-forsaken
guòyǎnyānyún
过眼烟云
[過眼煙雲]
- ephemeral (idiom)
rúduòyānwù
如堕烟雾
[如墮煙霧]
- as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
huīfēiyānmiè
灰飞烟灭
[灰飛煙滅]
- lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
- fig. to be annihilated
- to vanish in a puff of smoke
shēnhǎiyāncōng
深海烟囱
[深海煙囪]
- deep-sea vent
- black smoker
jìnzhǐxīyān
禁止吸烟
[禁止吸煙]
- No smoking!
huāngyānmàncǎo
荒烟蔓草
[荒煙蔓草]
- lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
- desolate (idiom)
xiāoyāngǔngǔn
硝烟滚滚
[硝煙滾滾]
- (idiom) smoke billows from the raging battle
fàngshèxìngyānyǔ
放射性烟羽
[放射性煙羽]
- radiation plume
guòlüzuǐxiāngyān
过滤嘴香烟
[過濾嘴香煙]
- filter-tipped cigarette
yānfùmáojiǎoyàn
烟腹毛脚燕
[煙腹毛腳燕]
- (bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ
不食人间烟火
[不食人間煙火]
- lit. not eating the food of common mortals
- fig. placing oneself above the common populace
yānhēichāwěihǎiyàn
烟黑叉尾海燕
[煙黑叉尾海燕]
- (bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
fēngyānsìqǐ,zhànhuǒfēnfēi
烽烟四起，战火纷飞
[烽煙四起，戰火紛飛]
- lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
fànhòuyīzhīyān,sàiguòhuóshénxiān
饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙
[飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙]
- have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)