Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 雪茄烟
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
snow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc); surname Xue
烟yāncigarette 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])
番茄fānqiétomato
雪糕xuěgāoice cream bar; ice cream popsicle
滑雪huáxuěto ski; skiing
抽烟chōu yānto smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)