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抽烟

chōu yān · chou yan

Traditional 抽煙 / 抽菸

HSK 4

Meaning

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chōu yān 抽煙

  1. to smoke (tobacco) (variant of 抽菸 / 抽烟 (chōuyān))

chōu yān 抽菸

  1. to smoke (tobacco)
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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)爸(bà)爸(ba)既(jì)不(bù)喝(hē)酒(jiǔ)也(yě)不(bù)抽(chōu)烟(yān)。

My father neither drinks nor smokes.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by fucongcong · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

医(yī)生(shēng)建(jiàn)议(yì)他(tā)戒(jiè)烟(yān)，可(kě)他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)还(hái)是(shi)在(zài)办(bàn)公(gōng)室(shì)抽(chōu)烟(yān)。

The doctor advised him to quit, but he still smokes in the office every day.

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抽
chōu

to draw out; to pull out from in between

烟
yān

cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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