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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

水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
烟 yān
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
袋 dài
bag, sack; pocket, pouch
radical 145 ⾐ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hookah”

WordPinyinMeaning
水烟壶 (水煙壺)shuǐ yān húbong; water pipe (for tobacco etc)
水烟管 (水煙管)shuǐ yān guǎnbong; water pipe (for tobacco etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 水烟袋.

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
脑袋 (腦袋)nǎo daihead; 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.

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