香烟 meaning in English
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2])
Meaning of 香烟
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiāngyān
- smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line
- cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2])
xiāngyān
- cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2]) (variant of 香煙|香烟[xiang1 yan1])
香烟 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
每天吸一根香烟是个好习惯。
Smoking one cigarette a day is a good habit.
大多数被香烟害死的人吸的烟都不多。
Most people killed by smoking were not heavy smokers.
给我支香烟吧。
Give me a cigarette.
咖啡和香烟。
Coffee and cigarettes.
汤姆出神地一边看着天空一边吸着香烟。
Lost in thought, Tom watched the sky as he smoked a cigarette.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
香 xiāng · fragrant · 9 strokes
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烟 yān · cigarette or pipe tobacco · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 香烟.
| 香蕉 | xiāngjiāo | banana |
| 抽烟 | chōuyān | to smoke (tobacco) |
| 吸烟 | xīyān | to smoke |
| 香肠 | xiāngcháng | sausage |
| 烟花 | yānhuā | fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) |
| 香水 | xiāngshuǐ | perfume; cologne |
| 口香糖 | kǒuxiāngtáng | chewing gum |
| 香味 | xiāngwèi | fragrance; bouquet |
| 戒烟 | jiè yān | to give up smoking |
| 烟囱 | yāncōng | chimney; smokestack; stovepipe |
| 烟火 | yānhuǒ | smoke and fire; cooked food |
| 香料 | xiāngliào | spice; flavoring |
Questions about 香烟
What does 香烟 mean?
香烟 (xiāngyān) means "smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2])" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 香烟?
香烟 is made of 2 characters: 香 (9 strokes), 烟 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 香烟 an HSK word?
Yes. 香烟 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 香烟 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 香烟 is written 香煙.