抽
烟

To smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) in Chinese: 抽烟 (chōu yān)

chōu yān

to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 抽煙2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

Stroke order

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抽
烟

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄡ

chōu

ㄔ/ chㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

ㄧㄢ

yān

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

抽烟

Simplified

抽煙

Traditional

Example sentences

See 抽烟 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我不抽烟。

    wǒ bù chōu yān。

    I don't smoke.

  • 你抽不抽烟？

    nǐ chōu bu chōu yān？

    Do you smoke?

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Related words

烟

yān

cigarette or pipe tobacco

抽

chōu

to draw out

抽屉

chōu ti

drawer

抽象

chōu xiàng

abstract

戒烟

jiè yān

to give up smoking

抽奖

chōu jiǎng

to draw a prize

吸烟

xī yān

to smoke

烟花

yān huā

fireworks

抽签

chōu qiān

to perform divination with sticks

香烟

xiāng yān

cigarette

烟囱

yān cōng

chimney

烟火

yān huǒ

smoke and fire

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