熏

• ピンイン: xūn
• 漢字の分解: 熏 = 黑 + 火 (black + fire — the blackening effect of smoke from fire)

意味

燻す／燻製にする；（煙で）いぶす

Has both literal and figurative uses. Literally: smoking food such as 熏鱼 or 熏肉, fumigating with incense, or smoking out pests. Figuratively: the gradual influence of one's environment on character. Also used to describe an overwhelming or stifling smell.

例文

1. 云南的熏肉制作工艺历史悠久，选用上等猪肉经过腌制后以松木烟火慢慢熏制，香味浓郁，别具风味。
2. 节日前夕，村民们在院中点燃艾草熏屋，据说能驱虫辟邪，这一习俗在当地农村地区延续至今。
3. 厨房里的油烟熏得他眼睛酸涩流泪，他连忙打开窗户通风，将抽油烟机的功率调至最大。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, food preservation, traditional customs, daily life

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 这家百年老店坚持用传统的荔枝木慢火熏制鸭肉，整个过程历时八小时以上，成品色泽红亮、皮脆肉嫩，香飘十里。(This century-old shop insists on slow-smoking the duck with traditional lychee wood; the entire process takes more than eight hours, yielding a product with a bright red colour, crispy skin, tender meat, and a fragrance that carries for miles.)
• 屋内的香烛气味将他熏得头晕脑胀，他不得不暂时退出大殿，在院外呼吸几口新鲜空气后才缓过神来。(The smell of incense and candles inside the hall made him dizzy and light-headed; he had to temporarily withdraw from the main hall and breathe some fresh air outside the courtyard before he recovered.)

避ける言い方

• 他的话熏到了我 — for being moved or affected by someone's words use 感动 or 影响; 熏 used for emotional impact sounds awkward and is not idiomatic in standard Mandarin for this meaning

起源と歴史

Ancient pictograph depicting smoke rising from a fire — originally meant the smell of smoke rising; extended to the act of smoking or fumigating

文化的背景

時代: Traditional/Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal