Chinese word dictionary

戒烟

jiè yān · to give up smoking

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Word information

Simplified戒烟

Traditional戒煙

Pinyinjiè yān

Part of speechv, vn

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.05

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

戒jiè

to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid

烟yān

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

How to learn 戒烟

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Words with the same characters

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烟yān

cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke; tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])

戒指jièzhi

(finger) ring

抽烟chōu yān

to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

炊烟chuīyān

smoke from kitchen chimneys

戒jiè

to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)

戒备jièbèi

to take precautions; to guard against (emergency)