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香烟

xiāng yān

2-character word Traditional 香煙 Measure word 支、条、根、包、盒

What 香烟 means

1. smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line
2. cigarette

Other readings

香烟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiāng yāncigarette (variant of {香烟|xiāng yān})

The characters in 香烟

• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist

Example sentences

• 咖啡和香烟。
  Coffee and cigarettes.
• 给我支香烟吧。
  Give me a cigarette.
• 别忘了把香烟熄掉。
  Don't forget to extinguish your cigarette.
• 我一定要把香烟戒了！
  Wǒ yīdìngyào bǎ xiāngyān jiè le!
  I'm definitely going to quit smoking!
• 别忘记熄掉你的香烟。
  Don't forget to extinguish your cigarette.
• 她坐下，点燃一根香烟。
  Tā zuòxia, diǎnrán yī gēn xiāng yān.
  She sat down and lit a cigarette.