yān

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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

吸烟
xī yān

to smoke

戒烟
jiè yān

to give up smoking

抽烟
chōu yān

to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

烟囱
yān cōng

chimney

烟火
yān huǒ

smoke and fire

烟花
yān huā

fireworks

香烟
xiāng yān

cigarette

一溜烟
yī liù yān

like a wisp of smoke

七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān

lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)

不食人间烟火
bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ

lit. not eating the food of common mortals

二手烟
èr shǒu yān

second-hand smoke

人烟
rén yān

sign of human habitation

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo

no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate

倒烟
dào yān

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

冒烟
mào yān

to discharge smoke

卷烟
juǎn yān

cigarette

吸烟区
xī yān qū

smoking area

吸烟室
xī yān shì

smoking room

大烟
dà yān

opium

如堕烟雾
rú duò yān wù

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

忌烟
jì yān

to quit smoking

抽油烟机
chōu yóu yān jī

range hood

放射性烟羽
fàng shè xìng yān yǔ

radiation plume

放烟幕弹
fàng yān mù dàn

to spread a smokescreen

敬烟
jìng yān

to offer a cigarette (to a guest)

旱烟
hàn yān

tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)

有烟煤
yǒu yān méi

smokey coal

杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān

dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted

板烟
bǎn yān

plug (of tobacco)

柳烟花雾
liǔ yān huā wù

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

水烟
shuǐ yān

shredded tobacco for water pipes

水烟壶
shuǐ yān hú

bong

水烟管
shuǐ yān guǎn

bong

水烟袋
shuǐ yān dài

water bong

没有人烟
méi yǒu rén yān

uninhabited

油烟
yóu yān

soot

浩如烟海
hào rú yān hǎi

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

深海烟囱
shēn hǎi yān cōng

deep-sea vent

渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān

remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted

泼烟花
pō yān huā

low-class prostitute

浓烟
nóng yān

thick smoke

灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè

lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)

炊烟
chuī yān

smoke from kitchen chimneys

乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì

billowing smoke (idiom)

烤烟
kǎo yān

flue-cured tobacco

烽烟
fēng yān

fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)

烽烟四起
fēng yān sì qǐ

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

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

烽烟遍地
fēng yān biàn dì

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

无烟
wú yān

nonsmoking (e.g. environment)

无烟炭
wú yān tàn

smokeless coal

无烟煤
wú yān méi

anthracite

烟台
yān tái

Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong

烟台地区
yān tái dì qū

Yantai prefecture in Shandong

烟台市
yān tái shì

Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong

烟圈
yān quān

smoke ring

烟土
yān tǔ

raw opium

烟尘
yān chén

smoke and dust

烟屁
yān pì

cigarette butt

烟屁股
yān pì gu

cigarette butt

烟幕
yān mù

smokescreen

烟幕弹
yān mù dàn

smoke bomb

烟厂
yān chǎng

cigarette factory

烟径
yān jìng

misty lane

烟卷
yān juǎn

cigarette

烟斗
yān dǒu

(smoking) pipe

烟柳莺
yān liǔ yīng

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

烟枪
yān qiāng

opium pipe

烟民
yān mín

smokers

烟气
yān qì

smoke

烟波
yān bō

mist covered water

烟海
yān hǎi

the vast ocean

烟消云散
yān xiāo yún sàn

to vanish like smoke in thin air

烟灰
yān huī

cigarette ash

烟灰缸
yān huī gāng

ashtray

烟熏妆
yān xūn zhuāng

smoky-effect makeup around the eyes

烟熏眼
yān xūn yǎn

smoky eyes look (cosmetics)

烟熏
yān xūn

smoke

烟熏火燎
yān xūn huǒ liǎo

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

烟瘾
yān yǐn

the urge to smoke

烟突
yān tū

chimney

烟筒
yān tong

chimney

烟管
yān guǎn

smoking pipe

烟管面
yān guǎn miàn

elbow pasta

烟缸
yān gāng

ashtray

烟肉
yān ròu

bacon

烟腹毛脚燕
yān fù máo jiǎo yàn

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

烟花债
yān huā zhài

involved in a love affair

烟花场
yān huā chǎng

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟花女
yān huā nǚ

prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟花寨
yān huā zhài

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟花巷
yān huā xiàng

red-light district

烟花市
yān huā shì

brothel

烟花厂
yān huā chǎng

firework factory

烟花柳巷
yān huā liǔ xiàng

red-light district

烟花爆竹
yān huā bào zhú

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

烟花簿
yān huā bù

catalog of prostitutes (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟花粉黛
yān huā fěn dài

woman

烟花行院
yān huā xíng yuàn

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟花阵
yān huā zhèn

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟花风月
yān huā fēng yuè

refers to lovemaking (idiom)

烟草
yān cǎo

tobacco

烟叶
yān yè

leaf tobacco

烟蒂
yān dì

cigarette butt

烟袋
yān dài

tobacco pipe

烟豆
yān dòu

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

烟酒
yān jiǔ

tobacco and alcohol

烟酒不沾
yān jiǔ bù zhān

abstaining from liquor and tobacco

烟酸
yān suān

niacin (vitamin B3)

烟雨
yān yǔ

misty rain

烟霞
yān xiá

haze

烟雾
yān wù

smoke

烟雾剂
yān wù jì

aerosol

烟雾症
yān wù zhèng

moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan)

烟霾
yān mái

smoke

烟霭
yān ǎi

mist and clouds

烟头
yān tóu

cigarette butt

烟鬼
yān guǐ

heavy smoker

烟黑叉尾海燕
yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn

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

狼烟
láng yān

smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces

狼烟四起
láng yān sì qǐ

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

硝烟
xiāo yān

smoke (from guns)

禁止吸烟
jìn zhǐ xī yān

No smoking!

禁烟
jìn yān

to ban smoking

纸烟
zhǐ yān

cigarette

老烟枪
lǎo yān qiāng

heavy smoker

老烟鬼
lǎo yān guǐ

heavy smoker

荒无人烟
huāng wú rén yān

desolate and uninhabited (idiom)

荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo

lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds

被动吸烟
bèi dòng xī yān

second-hand smoking

请勿吸烟
qǐng wù xī yān

No smoking

让烟
ràng yān

to offer a cigarette

过滤嘴香烟
guò lǜ zuǐ xiāng yān

filter-tipped cigarette

过眼烟云
guò yǎn yān yún

ephemeral (idiom)

过眼云烟
guò yǎn yún yān

ephemeral (idiom)

长烟
cháng yān

endless mist

雪茄烟
xuě jiā yān

cigar

云烟
yún yān

mist

电子烟
diàn zǐ yān

e-cigarette

非吸烟
fēi xī yān

nonsmoking

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)

点烟器
diǎn yān qì

cigarette lighter (in a car)

鼻烟
bí yān

snuff

鼻烟壶
bí yān hú

snuff bottle

鼻烟盒
bí yān hé

snuffbox