烏煙

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (烏煙)		烏	煙
simp. (乌烟)		乌	烟

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ou¹ eng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-ian

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ou¹ eng¹ [Phonetic: ou⁵ eng¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: o-eng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔu⁵³³⁻¹¹ ɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ou¹ eng¹ [Phonetic: ou⁵ eng¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-ian
  - Tâi-lô: oo-ian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'iefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ iɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

烏煙

(Hokkien, Puxian Min) black smoke

Synonyms

黑煙／黑烟 (hēiyān)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 烏煙 – see 烏薰 (“opium”). (This term is a variant form of 烏薰).

References

“烏煙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “烏煙”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC