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Chinese symbol for “bong”

水烟壶
shuǐ yān hú
Traditional: 水煙壺
bong; water pipe (for tobacco etc); hookah

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bong is 水烟壶 (shuǐ yān hú), defined as: bong; water pipe (for tobacco etc); hookah.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
烟 yān
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
壶 hú
jar, pot, jug, vase; surname
radical 33 ⼠ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bong”

WordPinyinMeaning
水烟管 (水煙管)shuǐ yān guǎnbong; water pipe (for tobacco etc)
嘡tāng(onom.) clang; bong

Related words

Other words that share a character with 水烟壶.

WordPinyinMeaning
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
水泥shuǐ nícement; measure word: 袋 (dài)
洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
水准 (水準)shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard
水库 (水庫)shuǐ kùreservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò)
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco
香烟 (香煙)xiāng yānsmoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包
水壶 (水壺)shuǐ húkettle; canteen

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.