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炊烟

chuīyān

smoke from kitchen chimneys; cooking smoke

HSK 7 · Topic “Food and cooking”
Smoke rises over the roof of a village house
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Characters in this word

炊 chuī

Strokes
8
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 欠 to lack, to owe
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 炊

烟 yān

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 因 cause, reason
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 傍晚的村口升起一缕炊烟，让远行的人忽然想起了家。 Bàngwǎn de cūnkǒu shēng qǐ yì lǚ chuīyān, ràng yuǎnxíng de rén hūrán xiǎngqǐ le jiā. A wisp of cooking smoke rose at the village entrance at dusk, suddenly reminding the traveller of home.
  • 远远望去，村子里升起了袅袅炊烟。 Yuǎnyuǎn wàng qù, cūnzi lǐ shēng qǐ le niǎoniǎo chuīyān. Looking from afar, wisps of cooking smoke were curling up from the village.
  • 看到屋顶上的炊烟，我就知道妈妈在做饭了。 Kàndào wūdǐng shang de chuīyān, wǒ jiù zhīdào māma zài zuòfàn le. When I see the smoke on the roof, I know Mum is cooking.

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