燻 (fan1 | xun1) : cure meat; fumigate

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燻

fan1

xun1

[1] cure (meat, etc) with smoke
[2] fumigate; scent with smell

熏 is also the simplified form of 薰.

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

燻 / 熏

This word has been viewed 3964 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Mar 2011 13:17

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煙燻芝士 jin1 fan1 zi1 si6*2 = smoked cheese 粵

燻肉 fan1 juk6 xun1 rou4 = smoked meat

燻蒸 fan1 zing1 xun1 zheng1 = fumigate

餓死老婆燻臭屋 ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1 e4 si3 lao3 po2 xun1 chou4 wu1 = be unable to earn enough money to get married or sustain a wife when married 粵

臭氣燻天 cau3 hei3 fan1 tin1 chou4 qi4 xun1 tian1 = extremly stinky; of a stench to fill the air

燻蹄 fan1 tai4 = marinated pig knuckle

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 燻
Unicode code for this character: U+71fb (off-site link)

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