烟味

煙味

yānwèi

noun

Meanings

1 smell of smoke
2 cigarette smoke smell

Characters

smoke, cigarette

Examples

HSK 4

他衣服上全是烟味。

Tā yīfu shàng quán shì yānwèi.

His clothes are covered in the smell of smoke.

HSK 7-9

房间里一股浓浓的烟味。

Fángjiān lǐ yì gǔ nóngnóngde yānwèi.

There's a thick smell of smoke in the room.

Tips

usage

烟 can mean either smoke or tobacco, so 烟味 most often refers specifically to cigarette smell. For wildfire or cooking smoke you might clarify with 烧焦的烟味 or 炒菜的油烟味.

Stroke Order

烟 yān

味 wèi