xiāng yān

Traditional: 香煙

香烟 (xiāng yān) is a Chinese word meaning “smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2])”.

Meanings

  1. 1smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line
  2. 2cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2])
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 香烟

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