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HSK
to smoke
HSK 4
to smoke (tobacco)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line / cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,)
HSK 7-9
(dialect) to smoke (tobacco)
sign of human habitation
smoke from kitchen chimneys
second-hand smoke
variant of 抽菸|抽烟
HSK 4
No smoking!
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
to give up smoking
HSK 7-9
nonsmoking (e.g. environment)
mist; clouds; smoke
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烟* | 烟* | *烟
tobacco (variant of 煙|烟)
HSK 3
to discharge smoke / to fume with rage
to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729)
to discharge smoke
cigarette
No smoking / Please do not smoke
e-cigarette / vape
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
cigarette / cigar
to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
thick smoke
flue-cured tobacco / tobacco for flue-curing
desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
to light a cigarette
opium
plug (of tobacco)
ephemeral (idiom)
to quit smoking
like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant
to offer a cigarette
snuff (powdered tobacco for sniffing)
tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
soot / lampblack
smoke (from guns)
to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,) (variant of 香煙|香烟)
HSK 7-9
remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted / God-forsaken
second-hand smoking / passive smoking
cigar
smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces
shredded tobacco for water pipes
endless mist


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