Chinese symbol for “hookah”
水烟袋
shuǐ yān dài
Traditional: 水煙袋
water bong; water pipe; hookah
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hookah is 水烟袋 (shuǐ yān dài), defined as: water bong; water pipe; 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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hookah”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水烟壶 (水煙壺) | shuǐ yān hú | bong; water pipe (for tobacco etc) |
| 水烟管 (水煙管) | shuǐ yān guǎn | bong; water pipe (for tobacco etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 水烟袋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 水准 (水準) | shuǐ zhǔn | level (of achievement etc); standard |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 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 |
| 脑袋 (腦袋) | nǎo dai | head; skull |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hookah”.
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.