Chinese symbol for “fumes”
烟雾
yān wù
Traditional: 煙霧
smoke; mist; vapor; smog
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fumes is 烟雾 (yān wù), defined as: smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烟雾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烟草 (煙草) | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 |
| 抽烟 (抽煙) | chōu yān | variant of 抽烟 (chōu yān) |
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
| 迷雾 (迷霧) | mí wù | dense fog; fig. completely misleading |
| 喷雾 (噴霧) | pēn wù | mist spray; atomizing |
| 雾气 (霧氣) | wù qì | fog; mist |
| 云雾 (雲霧) | yún wù | clouds and mist |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fumes”.
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.