吸烟

吸煙

xīyān

verb #4,768

Meanings

1 to smoke (cigarettes)
2 smoking

Characters

to inhale; to suck

smoke; cigarette

Literally 'inhale smoke' - to smoke tobacco.

Examples

HSK 1

请不要在这里吸烟。

Qǐng búyào zài zhèlǐ xīyān.

Please don't smoke here.

HSK 5

吸烟有害健康。

Xīyān yǒuhài jiànkāng.

Smoking is harmful to health.

HSK 7-9

他已经戒了吸烟。

Tā yǐjīng jiè le xīyān.

He has already quit smoking.

Tips

usage

吸烟 is the formal term. Colloquially, 抽烟 is more common in everyday speech. Signs usually say 禁止吸烟 (no smoking).

Stroke Order

吸 xī

烟 yān