抽烟 chōuyān smoking

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Traditional: 抽菸

Stroke order

抽烟 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

抽烟 — the Chinese character for smoking (chōuyān), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 抽烟 — smoking

抽 — 8 strokes
烟 — 10 strokes

Characters in 抽烟

抽 chōu — to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke)
烟 yān — cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

这里不能抽烟。Zhèlǐ bù néng chōuyān.You cannot smoke here.
他已经不抽烟了。Tā yǐjīng bù chōuyān le.He has already stopped smoking.

Related words

抽烟 is pronounced chōuyān and means “smoking”.

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