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烟雾

yān wù · yan wu

Traditional 煙霧

Meaning

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  1. smoke
  2. mist
  3. vapor
  4. smog
  5. fumes
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The smoke alarm

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，厨房(chúfáng)里(lǐ)怎么(zěnme)有(yǒu)这么(zhème)多(duō)烟雾(yānwù)？

    Dengdeng, why is there so much smoke in the kitchen?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)做(zuò)鱼(yú)，油(yóu)太(tài)热(rè)了(le)。

    I'm cooking fish. The oil is too hot.

  3. Liangliang

    快(kuài)开(kāi)窗户(chuānghu)，烟雾(yānwù)太(tài)大(dà)了(le)！

    Open the window! There's too much smoke!

  4. Dengdeng

    开(kāi)了(le)。这个(zhège)烟雾(yānwù)报警器(bàojǐngqì)的(de)声音(shēngyīn)真(zhēn)好听(hǎotīng)。

    Done. The sound of this smoke alarm is so nice.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)不是(bùshì)音乐(yīnyuè)，是(shì)报警(bàojǐng)！

    That's not music. It's an alarm!

  6. Dengdeng

    啊(a)？快(kuài)关火(guānhuǒ)！

    Huh? Turn off the stove!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)屋(wū)子(zi)里(lǐ)满(mǎn)是(shì)烟(yān)雾(wù)。

The room was full of smoke.

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02

厨(chú)房(fáng)里(lǐ)烟(yān)雾(wù)太(tài)大(dà)，我(wǒ)赶(gǎn)紧(jǐn)打(dǎ)开(kāi)了(le)窗(chuāng)户(hu)。

The smoke in the kitchen was so thick that I quickly opened the window.

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