HSK 3 · Taste & Senses

烟

yān

smoke; cigarette

Stroke order of 烟

烟 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Fire 火 and 因 cause: where there is a cause, fire makes smoke.

Parts: 火 fire + 因 cause

Example sentence

请不要在这里抽烟。

Please don't smoke here.

More words: Taste & Senses

甜sweet 香fragrant; tasty 感受to feel; feeling 观察to observe 观看to watch 收看to watch (TV)收听to listen to (radio)听众audience; listeners 观众audience; spectators 眼前before one's eyes; at present 发出to send out; to give off

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