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鼻烟

bí yān

2-character word Traditional 鼻煙

What 鼻烟 means

1. snuff (powdered tobacco for sniffing)

The characters in 鼻烟

• 鼻bínose
• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist

Words starting with 鼻烟

• 鼻烟壶bí yān húsnuff bottle
• 鼻烟盒bí yān hésnuffbox

Sounds the same

Read bí yān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鼻咽nose and throat

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