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 xīyān.

Please don't smoke here.

他已经戒了吸烟。

Tā yǐjīng jiè le xīyān.

He has already quit smoking.

吸烟有害健康。

Xīyān yǒuhài jiànkāng.

Smoking is harmful to health.

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