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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[yān]
  1. 1. noun [指气体] smoke
  2. 2. noun [烟状物] mist
  3. 3. noun [烟草] tobacco
    cigarette
  4. 4. noun [鸦片] opium
  5. 5. verb [鸦片] be irritated by smoke
    厨房里的得人睁不开眼睛。
    The smoke in the kitchen irritated our eyes so badly that we couldn't keep them open.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[yān]
  1. 1. noun smoke
  2. 2. noun mist; vapour
    smoke, mist, or vapour; a mixture of smoke and vapour
  3. 3. noun cigarette or pipe tobacco
    抽支
    have a cigarette; have a smoke
    一袋的功夫
    time enough to smoke a pipeful of tobacco
  4. 4. noun opium
  5. 5. noun the tobacco plant
    tobacco leaf; leaf tobacco
  6. 6. verb (of eyes) be irritated by smoke
    谁在这里生火啊? 都得睁不开眼了。
    Who's lighting the stove here? I can't even open my eyes for the smoke.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[yān]
  1. 1. 物质燃烧时所产生的气状物
    生炉子弄得满屋子是
    熏火燎。
  2. 2. 的东西
    霭。
    波。
  3. 3. 气附着在其他物体上凝结成的黑色物质
  4. 4.
    种了两亩
    叶。
  5. 5. 草制品
    请勿吸
  6. 6. 特指鸦片
    土。
  7. 7. 气刺激眼睛
    得人睁不开眼。

Examples

抽一袋
smoke a pipe 抽烟
一缕
a wisp (or curl) of smoke
囱正冒着
Smoke was rising from the chimney. 冒烟
把我呛着了。
The smoke almost choked me.
他一天吸一包
He smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. 吸烟
火灭了,还没消尽。
The fire had gone out, but the smoke had not cleared yet.
把厨房的墙壁熏黑了。
The kitchen walls were blackened by cooking fumes.
一袋的功夫
time enough to smoke a pipeful of tobacco
谁在这里生火啊? 都得睁不开眼了。
Who's lighting the stove here? I can't even open my eyes for the smoke.
、酒跟我没有缘分。
Smoking and drinking don't appeal to me. 缘分

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