Chinese word dictionary

烤烟

kǎo yān · flue-cured tobacco; tobacco for flue-curing

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Word information

Simplified烤烟

Traditional烤煙

Pinyinkǎo yān

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

烤kǎo

to bake, to cook, to roast, to toast

烟yān

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

How to learn 烤烟

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Words with the same characters

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烤kǎo

to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire

烟yān

cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke; tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])

烧烤shāokǎo

barbecue; to roast

抽烟chōu yān

to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

炊烟chuīyān

smoke from kitchen chimneys

烟囱yāncōng

chimney; smokestack; stovepipe