Sunday, July 28, 2013

Character 火 and its friend 烟

From the title, you may noticed that 烟, which basically means smoke, has 火 as its component. Actually, 火 is the radical too. 
I made the following video lesson to show you: the meaning of character 烟; how to recognize it; how to write it in 楷书(regular script) and 行书(semi-cursive script); how to use it in our daily life.

After I made this video lesson, I realized that I forgot some important usage of this character 烟. So I am adding some more information here:
烟 itself can refer to cigarette, tobacco. But usually there is another word specifically refer to cigarette-- 香烟, which literally means fragrant tobacco. 我不吸烟. So I don't think tobacco is fragrant. Maybe people who love smoking feel so.  :)

Let's do some practical exercise:
I want to buy a pack of cigarette.
我想买一包香烟。
or
我想买一包烟。



During the holiday of Chinese New Year, many people will shoot off fireworks. Fireworks in Chinese is 烟花 or 焰火. 
烟花 literally means smoke flower. That's a fantastic description of fireworks, right?  

More practice:
Let's shoot off some fireworks tonight.
今晚我们放烟花吧。




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