Measure word for smoke
烟 yān smoke HSK 4
一股烟 yì gǔ yān
股 gǔ · For streams, smells, forces, trends and groups of people
一缕烟 yì lǚ yān
缕 lǚ · For wisps, strands, rays etc
一支烟 yì zhī yān
支 zhī · For troops, songs, pens and long thin things
一根烟 yì gēn yān
根 gēn · For long thin objects
一包烟 yì bāo yān
包 bāo · For packets and bundles
Also counted with 股
Type a noun in English, pinyin or Chinese.
What is the measure word for smoke in Chinese?
Smoke is 烟 (yān), and its measure word is 股, 缕, 支, 根 or 包: one smoke is 一股烟. The dictionary also gives 缕 (一缕烟), 支 (一支烟), 根 (一根烟), 包 (一包烟).
What is a measure word?
In Chinese a number can’t go straight before a noun: you say 一本书 (one “volume” of book), not 一书. The word in the middle is the measure word, or classifier. Each noun takes its own, often by its shape: 张 for flat things, 条 for long thin ones, 本 for books.
What if I don’t know the measure word?
个 (gè) works for people and most things, and native speakers use it a lot in speech. The right measure word sounds more natural, and some nouns never take 个.
Why is 一 said yí here?
一 is said yí before a fourth tone (一个 yí ge, 一件 yí jiàn) and yì before the other tones (一本 yì běn, 一张 yì zhāng).
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Measure words from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0), for the official HSK word list. Speakers use others too.