吸烟

吸煙

xīyān

verb HSK 4 #4,768

Meanings

1 to smoke (cigarettes)
2 smoking

Characters

to inhale; to suck

smoke; cigarette

Literally 'inhale smoke' — to smoke tobacco.

Examples

请不要在这里吸烟。

Qǐng bùyào zài zhèlǐ xī yān.

Please don't smoke here.

他已经戒了吸烟。

Tā yǐjīng jiè le xī yān.

He has already quit smoking.

吸烟有害健康。

Xī yān yǒu hài jiànkāng.

Smoking is harmful to health.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

吸 xī

烟 yān