烟囱
yān cōng
Pinyin

Definition

烟囱
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yān cōng
  1. chimney

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xī yān
  1. 1 to smoke
jiè yān
  1. 1 to give up smoking
chōu yān
  1. 1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
fēng yān
  1. 1 fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
yān
  1. 1 cigarette or pipe tobacco
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
  3. 3 smoke
  4. 4 mist
  5. 5 vapour
  6. 6 CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
  7. 7 tobacco plant
  8. 8 (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
yān huǒ
  1. 1 smoke and fire
  2. 2 fireworks
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
èr shǒu yān
  1. 1 second-hand smoke
rén yān
  1. 1 sign of human habitation
mào yān
  1. 1 to discharge smoke
  2. 2 to fume with rage
nóng yān
  1. 1 thick smoke
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
chuī yān
  1. 1 smoke from kitchen chimneys
wū yān zhàng qì
  1. 1 billowing smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 foul atmosphere
  3. 3 (fig.) murky atmosphere
  4. 4 in a turmoil
Yān tái
  1. 1 Yantai prefecture level city in Shandong
yān cōng
  1. 1 chimney
yān bō
  1. 1 mist covered water
yān xiāo yún sàn
  1. 1 to vanish like smoke in thin air
  2. 2 to disappear
yān huī
  1. 1 cigarette ash

Idioms (19)

七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
如堕烟雾
rú duò yān wù
  1. 1 as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
杳无人烟
yǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
柳烟花雾
liǔ yān huā wù
  1. 1 lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
浩如烟海
hào rú yān hǎi
  1. 1 vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)
渺无人烟
miǎo wú rén yān
  1. 1 remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted
  2. 2 God-forsaken
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì
  1. 1 billowing smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 foul atmosphere
  3. 3 (fig.) murky atmosphere
  4. 4 in a turmoil
烽烟四起
fēng yān sì qǐ
  1. 1 lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
烽烟四起,战火纷飞
fēng yān sì qǐ , zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
  1. 1 lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
烽烟遍地
fēng yān biàn dì
  1. 1 fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
烟熏火燎
yān xūn huǒ liǎo
  1. 1 smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke
烟花风月
yān huā fēng yuè
  1. 1 refers to lovemaking (idiom)
狼烟四起
láng yān sì qǐ
  1. 1 fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
荒无人烟
huāng wú rén yān
  1. 1 desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo
  1. 1 lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
  2. 2 desolate (idiom)
过眼烟云
guò yǎn yān yún
  1. 1 ephemeral (idiom)
过眼云烟
guò yǎn yún yān
  1. 1 ephemeral (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你家一定要有烟囱。对不对?
nǐ jiā yīdìng yào yǒu yāncōng 。duì bu duì ?
Your house definitely needs to have a chimney, right?
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烟囱
yāncōng
Chimney.
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