Chinese symbol for “pollution”
烟霾
yān mái
Traditional: 煙霾
smoke; pollution
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pollution is 烟霾 (yān mái), defined as: smoke; pollution.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烟霾.
| 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 |
| 阴霾 (陰霾) | yīn mái | haze |
| 灰霾 | huī mái | dust haze; dust storm |
| 雾霾 (霧霾) | wù mái | haze; smog |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pollution”.
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.