yān

HSK 3
common

Meaning of

烟 means smoke from burning material; smoke-like substance; mist. Pronounced yān. HSK 3.

  • smoke from burning material
  • smoke-like substance; mist
  • to make eyes water from smoke

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Sēn
lín
zhuó
huǒ
hòu
mào
chū
le
nóng
nóng
de
hēi
yān
 

Thick black smoke came out after the forest caught fire.

Chú
fáng
de
yān
tài
le
 
kuài
kāi
chōu
yóu
yān
 

The smoke in the kitchen is too thick; turn on the range hood quickly.

Yān
qiàng
de
sòu
le
lái
 

The smoke made me cough.

yòng
shǒu
shàn
kāi
yǎn
qián
de
yān
 
chá
kàn
huǒ
shì
 

He fanned away the smoke in front of him and checked the fire carefully.

Yān
cōng
mào
chū
de
yān
tiān
kōng
rǎn
chéng
le
huī
 

The smoke from the chimney turned the sky gray.