Chinese symbol for “pipe”
烟斗
yān dǒu
Traditional: 煙斗
(smoking) pipe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pipe is 烟斗 (yān dǒu), defined as: (smoking) pipe.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pipe”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管 | guǎn | to take care (of); to control |
| 输水管 (輸水管) | shū shuǐ guǎn | pipe; pipeline |
| 导管 (導管) | dǎo guǎn | duct; pipe; conduit; (botany) vessel |
| 音管 | yīn guǎn | pipe (of an organ) |
| 管子 | guǎn zi | tube; pipe |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烟斗.
| 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 |
| 战斗 (戰鬥) | zhàn dòu | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
| 奋斗 (奮鬥) | fèn dòu | to strive; to struggle |
| 战斗机 (戰鬥機) | zhàn dòu jī | fighter (aircraft) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pipe”.
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.