烟蒂 (yān) — cigarette butt; cigarette end
Definition
The butt of a cigarette, what's left after smoking. A common public-littering issue in China — note that 烟 alone means 'smoke/cigarette', not 'butt'.
noun
cigarette buttcigarette end
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 烟蒂。Tā suí shǒu bǎ yān rēng zài dì shàng.He casually threw the cigarette butt on the ground.
- 烟蒂。Qǐng bú yào luàn diū yān.Please don't litter cigarette butts.
- 烟蒂，。Dì shàng yǒu hěn duō yān, hěn bú wèi shēng.There are a lot of cigarette butts on the ground; it's very unhygienic.
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