Hanzi
Traditional
煙
Simplified
烟

cigarette or pipe tobacco/CL:根[gen1]/smoke/mist/vapour/CL:縷|缕[lu:3]/tobacco plant/(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 3

Pinyin

yān, yīn

Bopomofo

ㄧㄢ, ㄧㄣ

Jyutping

jin1

Example sentences

煙 / 烟 yān
火災現場冒出了滾滾黑煙。
火灾现场冒出了滚滚黑烟。

Rolling black smoke billowed from the fire scene.

造成 zàochéng
吸煙會對健康造成傷害。
吸烟会对健康造成伤害。

Smoking causes harm to one's health.

濃煙 / 浓烟 nóngyān
失火的大樓冒出了陣陣濃煙，消防員正緊急趕往現場。
失火的大楼冒出了阵阵浓烟，消防员正紧急赶往现场。

Thick smoke billowed from the burning building, and firefighters are rushing to the scene.

窒息 zhìxī
濃煙讓屋內的人感到幾乎窒息。
浓烟让屋内的人感到几乎窒息。

The thick smoke made the people in the room feel almost suffocated.

Example Vocabulary

吸煙

戒煙

抽煙

烽煙

feng1'yan1

煙

yan1

smoke

七竅生煙

qi1'qiao4'sheng1'yan1

二手煙

人煙

ren2'yan1

冒煙

mao4'yan1

濃煙

nong2'yan1

thick smoke

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