Meaning of yān:
烟
cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])
Tā juédìng jiè diào suǒyǒu de yān.
他决定戒掉所有的烟。
He decided to quit all tobacco products.
Tā zài ménwài chōu le yì gēn yān.
他在门外抽了一根烟。
He smoked a cigarette outside the door.
Gōngchǎng de yāncōng páichū dàliàng de yān.
工厂的烟囱排出大量的烟。
The factory's chimney emits a large amount of smoke.
Qīngchén de húmiàn shàng lǒngzhào zhe yī céng báobáo de yān.
清晨的湖面上笼罩着一层薄薄的烟。
There is a thin layer of mist over the lake in the early morning.
Zhè zuò chéngshì de kōngqì zhōng chōngmǎnle yān.
这座城市的空气中充满了烟。
The air in this city is filled with smoke.
Gōngchǎng lǐ màochū nóngnóng de yān.
工厂里冒出浓浓的烟。
Thick smoke is rising from the factory.
Wǒ bù xǐhuān fángjiān lǐ yǒu yān wèi.
我不喜欢房间里有烟味。
I don't like the smell of smoke in the room.
Tā zhèngzài chōu yī zhī xiāngyān.
他正在抽一支香烟。
He is smoking a cigarette.
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
Dāng wǒ zǒu jìn chú fáng shí, wǒ de yǎn jīng bèi yān xūn de liú lèi le.
当我走进厨房时，我的眼睛被烟熏得流泪了。
When I walked into the kitchen, my eyes were irritated by the smoke and started to tear up.
