Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 烟


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Meaning

smoke, soot, cigarette

Pronunciation

yān

Explanation

Left: fire , right: reason (For the fence around the big person is a reason.)

Mnemonic

Fire is the reason for smoke.

Radicals

fire(Also this radical stands for fire.)
reason, cause
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Vocabulary

烟草 yān cǎo tobacco
炊烟 chuī yān smoke from kitchen chimneys
如堕烟雾 rú duò yān wù as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
烤烟 kǎo yān flue-cured tobacco
烟花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài woman; prostitute; love-making; literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
请勿吸烟 qǐng wù xī yān No smoking; Please do not smoke
鼻烟壶 bí yān hú snuff bottle
烟雾 yān wù smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
冒烟 mào yān smoking
卷烟 juǎn yān cigarette; cigar
烟囱 yān cōng chimney


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