香
烟

Cigarette in Chinese: 香烟 (xiāng yān)

xiāng yān

cigarette

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 香煙1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1cigarette
  2. 2smoke from burning incense

Stroke order

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香
烟

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄧㄢ

yān

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

香烟

Simplified

香煙

Traditional

Example sentences

See 香烟 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 为了健康，他决定戒掉香烟。

    wèi le jiàn kāng， tā jué dìng jiè diào xiāng yān。

    For his health, he decided to quit cigarettes.

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Related words

香

xiāng

fragrant

烟

yān

cigarette or pipe tobacco

香蕉

xiāng jiāo

banana

抽烟

chōu yān

to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

戒烟

jiè yān

to give up smoking

吸烟

xī yān

to smoke

香肠

xiāng cháng

sausage

烟花

yān huā

fireworks

香料

xiāng liào

spice

香水

xiāng shuǐ

perfume

香味

xiāng wèi

fragrance

香油

xiāng yóu

sesame oil

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