in English

yān noun HSK 4
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / tobacco plant

Measure word

  • (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
  • shǒu hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly)... attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 烟 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 烟 Show the animation
Le caractère 煙 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 煙, the traditional character: 烟 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • Bob经常试着戒烟。

    Bob often tries to give up smoking.

  • Jane 又胖、又没礼貌、又烟不离手,可是 Ken 却觉得她可爱、动人,所谓「爱情是盲目的」,大概就是这个意思了吧。

    Jane is fat and rude, and smokes too much. However, Ken thinks she's lovely and charming. That's why they say love is blind.

  • 不允许在火车上吸烟。

    Smoking is not permitted on the train.

  • 不要忘记吸烟对你的健康有害。

    Don't forget smoking is bad for your health.

  • 今天是世界无烟日。

    Today is World No Tobacco Day.

  • 他为了健康,戒烟了。

    He quit smoking for the sake of his health.

  • 他停下来抽根烟。

    He paused to have a cigarette.

  • 他发誓要戒烟。

    He vowed to give up smoking.

All example sentences with 烟

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