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yān
HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. cigarette or pipe tobacco
  2. 2. smoke
  3. 3. mist
  4. 4. vapour
  5. 5. tobacco plant
  6. 6. (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

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Words Containing 烟

倒烟
dào yān

to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)

狼烟
láng yān

smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces

烟熏
yān xūn

smoke

放烟幕弹
fàng yān mù dàn

to spread a smokescreen

请勿吸烟
qǐng wù xī yān

No smoking

炊烟
chuī yān

smoke from kitchen chimneys

不食人间烟火
bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ

lit. not eating the food of common mortals

烟波
yān bō

mist covered water

烟雾症
yān wù zhèng

moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan)

烟花簿
yān huā bù

catalog of prostitutes (esp. in Yuan theater)

泼烟花
pō yān huā

low-class prostitute

香烟
xiāng yān

cigarette

烟径
yān jìng

misty lane

烟幕
yān mù

smokescreen

烟管
yān guǎn

smoking pipe

烽烟遍地
fēng yān biàn dì

fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

无烟炭
wú yān tàn

smokeless coal

烟花
yān huā

fireworks

烟消云散
yān xiāo yún sàn

to vanish like smoke in thin air

烟头
yān tóu

cigarette butt

纸烟
zhǐ yān

cigarette

吸烟区
xī yān qū

smoking area

老烟鬼
lǎo yān guǐ

heavy smoker

戒烟
jiè yān

to give up smoking

二手烟
èr shǒu yān

second-hand smoke

吸烟室
xī yān shì

smoking room

水烟壶
shuǐ yān hú

bong

烟灰
yān huī

cigarette ash

烟熏妆
yān xūn zhuāng

smoky-effect makeup around the eyes

烟叶
yān yè

leaf tobacco

烽烟
fēng yān

fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)

烟瘾
yān yǐn

the urge to smoke

烟屁股
yān pì gu

cigarette butt

油烟
yóu yān

soot

大烟
dà yān

opium

七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān

lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)

烽烟四起,战火纷飞
fēng yān sì qǐ , zhàn huǒ fēn fēi

lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war

忌烟
jì yān

to quit smoking

电子烟
diàn zǐ yān

e-cigarette

无烟
wú yān

nonsmoking (e.g. environment)

烟花寨
yān huā zhài

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì

billowing smoke (idiom)

鼻烟
bí yān

snuff

渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān

remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted

烟枪
yān qiāng

opium pipe

烟熏眼
yān xūn yǎn

smoky eyes look (cosmetics)

烟台市
yān tái shì

Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong

烟花债
yān huā zhài

involved in a love affair

烟雾剂
yān wù jì

aerosol

卷烟
juǎn yān

cigarette

长烟
cháng yān

endless mist

烟花厂
yān huā chǎng

firework factory

烟突
yān tū

chimney

如堕烟雾
rú duò yān wù

as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading

烟霞
yān xiá

haze

鼻烟盒
bí yān hé

snuffbox

烟台
yān tái

Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong

柳烟花雾
liǔ yān huā wù

lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring

荒无人烟
huāng wú rén yān

desolate and uninhabited (idiom)

浓烟
nóng yān

thick smoke

水烟
shuǐ yān

shredded tobacco for water pipes

烟花爆竹
yān huā bào zhú

fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)

烟尘
yān chén

smoke and dust

烟花阵
yān huā zhèn

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

水烟管
shuǐ yān guǎn

bong

烟花巷
yān huā xiàng

red-light district

烟蒂
yān dì

cigarette butt

烟鬼
yān guǐ

heavy smoker

鼻烟壶
bí yān hú

snuff bottle

人烟
rén yān

sign of human habitation

荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo

lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds

云烟
yún yān

mist

烟气
yān qì

smoke

硝烟
xiāo yān

smoke (from guns)

一溜烟
yī liù yān

like a wisp of smoke

禁烟
jìn yān

to ban smoking

冒烟
mào yān

to discharge smoke

烟花场
yān huā chǎng

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

敬烟
jìng yān

to offer a cigarette (to a guest)

烟雾
yān wù

smoke

烽烟四起
fēng yān sì qǐ

lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war

抽油烟机
chōu yóu yān jī

range hood

点烟器
diǎn yān qì

cigarette lighter (in a car)

老烟枪
lǎo yān qiāng

heavy smoker

烟花市
yān huā shì

brothel

非吸烟
fēi xī yān

nonsmoking

烟斗
yān dǒu

(smoking) pipe

烟腹毛脚燕
yān fù máo jiǎo yàn

(bird species of China) Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)

过眼云烟
guò yǎn yún yān

ephemeral (idiom)

烟土
yān tǔ

raw opium

烟霭
yān ǎi

mist and clouds

烟肉
yān ròu

bacon

过滤嘴香烟
guò lǜ zuǐ xiāng yān

filter-tipped cigarette

杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān

dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted

烟豆
yān dòu

variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family

烟管面
yān guǎn miàn

elbow pasta

烟霾
yān mái

smoke

深海烟囱
shēn hǎi yān cōng

deep-sea vent

烟厂
yān chǎng

cigarette factory

烟卷
yān juǎn

cigarette

烟灰缸
yān huī gāng

ashtray

有烟煤
yǒu yān méi

smokey coal

放射性烟羽
fàng shè xìng yān yǔ

radiation plume

烟花风月
yān huā fēng yuè

refers to lovemaking (idiom)

烟火
yān huǒ

smoke and fire

浩如烟海
hào rú yān hǎi

vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)

狼烟四起
láng yān sì qǐ

fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

无烟煤
wú yān méi

anthracite

烟酸
yān suān

niacin (vitamin B3)

烟缸
yān gāng

ashtray

烟熏火燎
yān xūn huǒ liǎo

smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke

烤烟
kǎo yān

flue-cured tobacco

烟囱
yān cōng

chimney

烟花粉黛
yān huā fěn dài

woman

雪茄烟
xuě jiā yān

cigar

烟酒不沾
yān jiǔ bù zhān

abstaining from liquor and tobacco

烟柳莺
yān liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) smoky warbler (Phylloscopus fuligiventer)

烟幕弹
yān mù dàn

smoke bomb

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo

no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate

烟黑叉尾海燕
yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn

(bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)

水烟袋
shuǐ yān dài

water bong

烟屁
yān pì

cigarette butt

烟台地区
yān tái dì qū

Yantai prefecture in Shandong

烟雨
yān yǔ

misty rain

烟花柳巷
yān huā liǔ xiàng

red-light district

吸烟
xī yān

to smoke

没有人烟
méi yǒu rén yān

uninhabited

旱烟
hàn yān

tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)

烟袋
yān dài

tobacco pipe

烟海
yān hǎi

the vast ocean

烟民
yān mín

smokers

灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè

lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)

烟草
yān cǎo

tobacco

烟花行院
yān huā xíng yuàn

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

饭后一支烟,赛过活神仙
fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān

have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)

过眼烟云
guò yǎn yān yún

ephemeral (idiom)

禁止吸烟
jìn zhǐ xī yān

No smoking!

板烟
bǎn yān

plug (of tobacco)

让烟
ràng yān

to offer a cigarette

烟花女
yān huā nǚ

prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟筒
yān tong

chimney

抽烟
chōu yān

to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

被动吸烟
bèi dòng xī yān

second-hand smoking

烟圈
yān quān

smoke ring

烟酒
yān jiǔ

tobacco and alcohol