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烟

yān · yan

Traditional 煙 / 菸

HSK 3Measure words: 根 gēn, 缕 lǚ

Meaning

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yān 煙

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

yān 菸

  1. tobacco (variant of 煙 / 烟 (yān))
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Too much smoke

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)家(jiā)厨房(chúfáng)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)多(duō)烟(yān)？

    Why is there so much smoke in your kitchen?

  2. Dengdeng

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

    I'm cooking fish and the oil is too hot.

  3. Liangliang

    快(kuài)开(kāi)窗(chuāng)，烟(yān)出不去(chūbùqù)了(le)！

    Open the window quick, the smoke can't get out!

  4. Dengdeng

    开(kāi)了(le)，可是(kěshì)烟(yān)还是(háishi)很(hěn)大(dà)。

    It's open, but the smoke is still heavy.

  5. Liangliang

    有人(yǒurén)敲门(qiāomén)！邻居(línjū)问(wèn)我们(wǒmen)是不是(shìbùshì)着(zháo)火(huǒ)了(le)。

    Someone's knocking! The neighbour asks if we're on fire.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

烟(yān)从(cóng)烟(yān)囱(cōng)里(lǐ)冒(mào)了(le)出(chū)来(lái)。

The smoke went upward through the chimney.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by auxitt · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)你(nǐ)在(zài)进(jìn)入(rù)博(bó)物(wù)馆(guǎn)之(zhī)前(qián)先(xiān)把(bǎ)烟(yān)弄(nòng)熄(xī)。

Please put out your cigarettes before entering the museum.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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