Chinese symbol for “smoke”
抽烟
chōu yān
Traditional: 抽菸
to smoke (tobacco)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for smoke is 抽烟 (chōu yān), defined as: to smoke (tobacco).
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 “smoke”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
| 烟雾 (煙霧) | yān wù | smoke; mist |
| 熏 | xūn | to smoke; to fumigate |
| 硝烟 (硝煙) | xiāo yān | smoke (from guns) |
| 烟熏 (煙燻) | yān xūn | smoke; to fumigate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抽烟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抽象 | chōu xiàng | abstract; abstraction |
| 抽出 | chōu chū | to take out; to extract |
| 抽取 | chōu qǔ | to extract; to remove |
| 抽屉 (抽屜) | chōu ti | drawer |
| 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 |
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
See also: Japanese symbol for “smoke”.
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.