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HSK
to smoke
HSK 4
to smoke (tobacco)
HSK 4
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  *烟* | 烟* | *烟
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷|缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
HSK 3
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  *团* | 团* | *团
round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
HSK 3
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  *丝* | 丝* | *丝
silk / thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
HSK 7-9
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  *抽* | 抽* | *抽
to draw out; to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud / to whip; to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
HSK 4
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  *熏* | 熏* | *熏
to smoke / to fumigate / to assail the nostrils / to perfume
HSK 7-9
smoke bomb; smoke grenade
loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco / (literary) wisp of smoke; thin strand of smoke
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line / cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,)
HSK 7-9
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  *股* | 股* | *股
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
HSK 6
(dialect) to smoke (tobacco)
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
smoke from kitchen chimneys
billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil
second-hand smoke
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  *缕* | 缕* | *缕
strand / thread / detailed / in detail / classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
HSK 7-9
smoke / mist / vapor / smog / fumes
(idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish
smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants; posterity
HSK 7-9
smoked bean curd
lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
to smoke; to cure over a fire
mist; clouds; smoke
lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
to discharge smoke / to fume with rage
to discharge smoke
No smoking / Please do not smoke
smoke point (of a cooking oil)
to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
impenetrable thick fog or smoke
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
thick smoke
smoke bomb; smoke grenade
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
smoke and dust / air pollution
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
smoke bomb; smoke grenade
copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects
smoke / to fumigate
(slang) to smoke pot
to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
HSK 7-9
(of smoke) to disperse; to dissipate / (of birds) to fly away in all directions
(literary) (of smoke, mist) dense; thick
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  *熏* | 熏* | *熏
fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of / to smoke / to fumigate
HSK 7-9
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
smoke
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant
(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward / (of a sound) to linger on
to smoke / to cure over a wood fire
tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
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  *栌* | 栌* | *栌
capital (of column) / smoke tree
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  *煍* | 煍* | *煍
to color by smoke
smoke / pollution
smoke (from guns)
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  *蓬* | 蓬* | *蓬
fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff
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  *燧* | 燧* | *燧
(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum; dark plum
(idiom) smoke billows from the raging battle
a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
smoke ring
smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
the urge to smoke / tobacco addiction
smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces
bacon / smoked ham
lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire
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  *呛* | 呛* | *呛
to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb


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