煙 (jin1 | yan1 ) : smoke; cigarette

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煙

jin1

yan1

[1] smoke; fume; soot; mist; vapour
[2] cigarette; tobacco; opium
[3] [v] be irritated by smoke
[4] [粵] [loanword] ace (of cards)

(Classifier(s): [1] 團 (cloud); [2] 支 (piece), 包 (pack), 條 (carton))

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 火 (#86)

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

煙 / 烟

This word has been viewed 15539 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Aug 2009 15:17

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煙肉 jin1 juk6 yan1 rou4 = bacon

煙仔 jin1 zai2 = cigarette 粵

香煙 hoeng1 jin1 xiang1 yan1 = cigarette (general term)

紙煙 zi2 jin1 zhi3 yan1 = cigarette

煙筒 jin1 tung4*1 yan1 tong5 = chimney

煙波 jin1 bo1 yan1 bo1 = mist covered water

煙癮 jin1 jan5 = smoking habit/addiction

牙煙 ngaa4 jin1 = danger 粵

食煙 sik6 jin1 = to smoke a cigarette 粵

抽煙 cau1 jin1 chou1 yan1 = to smoke a cigarette 國
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如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

吸煙危害健康, 只要每日一枝, 已經足以致命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death

老細畀啲工人激到佢七竅生煙粵
Boss got really pissed off by the workers.

你一日食十包煙，想早啲釘蓋呀？粵
You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) got a death wish?
[Lit: You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) want to die earlier?]

我最近戒咗煙，吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
[吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 煙
Unicode code for this character: U+7159 (off-site link)

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