Chinese Word of the Day

烟囱
yān cōng

chimney

Definitions

Chinese > English
烟囱
1. Simplified form of 煙囪
煙囪	yāncōng, yānchōng
1. n. chimney
2. n. (Sichuan) smoking addict
English > Chinese
chimney
1. 烟囱,管状矿体
Components
烟
1. Variant of 煙
2. Only used in 烟熅 (, 烟烟熅熅)
煙	yān
1. smoke; mist; vapour
煙囪裡噴出一團黑煙。 - The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.
2. tobacco (plant)
3. tobacco product
這是一種味淡的煙。 - This is a mild tobacco.
4. cigarette
把煙滅了。 - Put out the cigarette.
他給我捲了一支煙。 - He rolled a cigarette for me.
5. opium
虎門銷煙 - destruction of opium at Humen
6. soot
7. to irritate the eyes by smoke
做菜忘了開抽油煙機，煙得de 我流淚。 - When I was cooking, I forgot to turn on the range hood, and the smoke made my eyes water.
8. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, informal, card games) ace
啤pe1 煙 - pair of aces -
囱
1. Simplified form of 囪
2. Variant of 窗
囪	cōng
1. chimney, funnel
2. Variant of 窗
窗	chuāng
1. window
窗簾 - window blinds
打開個窗 - to open the window
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