shuǐ yān guǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
bong / water pipe (for tobacco etc) / hookah
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Original source entry:

水煙管 水烟管 [shui3 yan1 guan3] /bong/water pipe (for tobacco etc)/hookah/

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Other forms in these source records: 水煙管

  • 水
    shuǐ

    water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment

    Shuǐ

    surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

  • 烟
    yān

    cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gēn] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lǚ] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke / tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yān])

  • 管
    guǎn

    to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[bǎ] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards

    Guǎn

    surname Guan

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