抽烟 (抽煙)
chōu yān
Pinyin

Definition

抽烟 (抽煙)
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chōu yān
  1. to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

抽
chōu
  1. 1 to draw out
  2. 2 to pull out from in between
  3. 3 to remove part of the whole
  4. 4 (of certain plants) to sprout or bud
  5. 5 to whip or thrash
抽取
chōu qǔ
  1. 1 to extract
  2. 2 to remove
  3. 3 to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
抽屉
chōu ti
  1. 1 drawer
抽烟
chōu yān
  1. 1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
抽奖
chōu jiǎng
  1. 1 to draw a prize
  2. 2 a lottery
  3. 3 a raffle

Idioms (3)

抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
  1. 1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
  2. 2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我老爸说不可以抽烟。
wǒ lǎobà shuō bù kěyǐ chōuyān 。
My dad said I should not smoke.
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营养专家更表示，并不是单一摄取哪一种食物就会致癌，关键是均衡饮食，而对健康影响最巨的是抽烟以及过度的饮酒。
yíngyǎng zhuānjiā gèng biǎoshì ，bìngbùshì dānyī shèqǔ nǎ yī zhǒng shíwù jiù huì zhìái ，guānjiàn shì jūnhéng yǐnshí ，ér duì jiànkāng yǐngxiǎng zuì jù de shì chōuyān yǐjí guòdù de yǐn jiǔ 。
Nutritional experts have also stated that consuming one single kind of food does not result in cancer and that the key is keeping balance in your consumption of food and drink and that the biggest influence on your health is smoking and over indulgence in alcohol.
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我不抽烟了。
wǒ bù chōuyān le 。
I don't smoke anymore.
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你介意我抽烟吗？
nǐ jièyì wǒ chōuyān ma ？
Do you mind if I smoke?
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你今天抽烟了吗？-我没抽烟。
nǐ jīntiān chōuyān le ma ？ wǒ méi chōuyān 。
Did you smoke today? No, I didn't.
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我不抽烟。
wǒ bù chōuyān 。
I don't smoke.
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你男朋友不是爱抽烟吗？要不买个高档点儿的打火机吧！
nǐ nán péngyou bùshì ài chōuyān ma ？yàobu mǎi gè gāodàng diǎnr de dǎhuǒjī ba ！
Doesn't your boyfriend like smoking? How about buying him a high-quality lighter!
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还好。不要太累，不要抽烟喝酒，不要洗澡。
hái hǎo 。bù yào tài lèi ，bù yào chōuyān hējiǔ ，bù yào xǐzǎo 。
It's okay. Don't wear yourself out. Don't smoke or drink, and don't take a shower.
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他不抽烟。
tā bù chōuyān 。
He doesn't smoke.
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我知道。新交规真严格。遮挡号牌扣12分，酒驾12分，闯红灯6分，超速6分，抽烟，接打电话，不系安全带都要扣分。这样下去的话，我的驾照很快就要被扣了。
wǒ zhīdào 。xīn jiāoguī zhēn yángé 。zhēdǎng hàopái kòu shíèr fēn ，jiǔjià shíèr fēn ，chuǎng hóngdēng liù fēn ，chāosù liù fēn ，chōuyān ，jiē dǎ diànhuà ，bù jì ānquándài dōuyào kòufēn 。zhèyàng xiàqu dehuà ，wǒ de jiàzhào hěnkuài jiùyào bèi kòu le 。
I know. The new regulations are so strict. 12 points for obscuring a license plate, 12 points for drunk driving, 6 points for running a red light, 6 points for speeding, and smoking, answering the phone, and not wearing a seat belt all get you points. At this rate I'm definitely going to lose my license soon.
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