Chinese word

烟头

Pronunciation

Pinyinyān tóu

Meaning

  • nouncigarette butt

Example

请把烟头丢进垃圾桶。qǐng bǎ yān tóu diū jìn lā jī tǒng

Please throw the cigarette butt in the trash can.

Illustration for 烟头 (cigarette butt)

More examples

公园里别随手扔烟头。gōng yuán lǐ bié suí shǒu rēng yān tóu

Don't casually throw cigarette butts in the park.

Core concept

A small leftover end of a smoked cigarette, treated as a separate object after the useful part is gone.

Common phrases

  • 扔烟头rēng yān tóu

    throw away cigarette butts

  • 捡起烟头jián qǐ yān tóu

    pick up cigarette butts

  • 掐灭烟头qiā miè yān tóu

    stub out cigarette butts

Similar words

烟蒂yān dì: The short cigarette end left after the cigarette is put out.
烟屁股yān pì gǔ: A casual term for the stubby leftover end of a smoked cigarette.
烟头儿yān tóur: A spoken term for the small extinguished end of a cigarette.

Definition in Chinese

指点燃后留下的香烟末端，多指可掐灭或丢弃的烟蒂或已熄灭的残渣。zhǐ diǎn rán hòu liú xià de xiāng yān mò duān duō zhǐ kě qiā miè huò diū qì de yān dì huò yǐ xī miè de cán zhā

Word origin

烟 (yān, "smoke or tobacco") + 头 (tóu, "head or end") forms a literal "smoke end," which came to name the remaining end of a cigarette.

Usage tips

  • 一个烟头 (yí ge yāntóu, "one cigarette butt") is a natural way to count one item, showing that this everyday noun is treated as a countable object.

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