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烟 - yān

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

How to read 烟

Click 烟 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinyān
Englishsmoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

烟台 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 烟囱. Please read 烟圈 one more time.

Common words with this character

see 煙台市|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4]
chimney; smokestack; stovepipe
smoke ring
raw opium

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 烟 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 烟台 and 烟囱 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 烟.