排烟 (pái yān) — to exhaust or discharge smoke; fume extraction

Definition

Refers specifically to venting or removing smoke, typically from kitchens, factories, or fires — a technical/engineering term tied to exhaust systems and equipment.

verb
to exhaust or discharge smokefume extraction

Examples

  • 排烟。
    Zhè ge gōng chǎng de pái yān xì tǒng xiào lǜ hěn gāo.
    This factory's smoke exhaust system is very efficient.
  • ，。
    Chú fáng gāng pái guò yān, xiàn zài kōng qì hǎo duō le.
    The kitchen just discharged the smoke; the air is much better now.
  • 排烟。
    Xīn ān zhuāng de pái yān shè bèi yùn xíng zhèng cháng.
    The newly installed smoke exhaust equipment is operating normally.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

排páidischarge
烟yānsmoke

排 means discharge and 烟 means smoke, so the action is discharging smoke.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
非
非fēi排pái
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

Open 排 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 煙; 烟 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 烟 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (烟) it is 煙; in others it is 菸.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
火火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
垔
垔yīn煙yān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

This story is about the traditional form 煙, not the simplified 烟. It pairs 火, fire, with 垔, which gives the sound.

Open 烟 →

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