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抽烟

chōuyān

to smoke

HSK 4 · Topic “Health and treatment”
A person holding a cigarette
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Characters in this word

抽 chōu

Strokes
8
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 由 cause, reason
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

烟 yān

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 因 cause, reason
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 请别抽烟。 Qǐng bié chōu yān. Please no smoking.
  • 他不抽烟。 Tā bù chōu yān. He does not smoke.
  • 这里能抽烟吗？ Zhè lǐ néng chōu yān ma? Can we smoke here?

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