菸

yān

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

How to write 菸, stroke by stroke

cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke; tobacco (variant of 烟)

Pictophonetic: semantic 艹 (plant), phonetic 於

Made of 艹 + 於

香菸xiāng yānsmoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支,条,根,包,盒)
吸煙xī yānto smoke
煙霧yān wùsmoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
戒煙jiè yānto give up smoking
煙草yān cǎotobacco
煙囪yān cōngchimney; smokestack; stovepipe
煙花yān huāfireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
煙火yān huofireworks
冒煙mào yānto discharge smoke; to fume with rage
煙灰缸yān huī gāngashtray
煙斗yān dǒu(smoking) pipe
濃煙nóng yānthick smoke

我以前常抽菸，但現在我戒掉了。
wǒ yǐ qián cháng chōu yān ， dàn xiàn zài wǒ jiè diào le 。
I used to smoke a lot, but now I've quit.
我的父親不抽菸也不喝酒。
wǒ de fù qīn bù chōu yān yě bù hē jiǔ 。
My father neither smokes nor drinks.
你有火柴嗎？很抱歉，我不抽菸。
nǐ yǒu huǒ chái má ？ hěn bào qiàn ， wǒ bù chōu yān 。
"Do you have a match?" "I'm sorry, but I don't smoke."
為了健康，我不再抽菸。
wéi le jiàn kāng ， wǒ bú zài chōu yān 。
I stopped smoking for the sake of my health.
她坐下，點燃一根香菸。
tā zuò xià ， diǎn rán yì gēn xiāng yān 。
She sat down and lit a cigarette.