烟

• 拼音: yān
• 汉字拆解: 烟 = 火 (fire) + 因 (cause, phonetic), meaning smoke produced by fire

含义

Smoke; cigarette; tobacco. Visible vapour from burning, or the product itself.

Has two main uses: (1) smoke as a substance — 烟雾 (smoke/smog), 冒烟 (emit smoke), 油烟 (cooking fumes); (2) cigarettes or tobacco — 抽烟 (smoke a cigarette), 香烟 (cigarette), 戒烟 (quit smoking), 烟灰 (ash). In poetic language, 烟 can describe mist or haze over water.

例句

1. 这里是公共场所，不能抽烟。
2. 厨房里全是烟，快开窗户。
3. 他已经戒烟三年了。

用法指南

语境: health, everyday, public spaces

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请问这里可以抽烟吗？(Excuse me, can I smoke here?)
• 远处有烟，可能着火了。(There's smoke in the distance; there might be a fire.)

错误说法

• 我要去买烟雾。(Don't use 烟雾 when buying cigarettes — 烟雾 means 'smoke' or 'smog'. Say 我要去买烟 or 买香烟.)

起源与历史

烟 combines 火 (fire) with 因 (cause, phonetic). Smoke is the visible result caused by fire, directly reflecting the character's composition.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal