抽烟 (chōu yān) — to smoke (a cigarette or pipe)

Definizione

Refers specifically to smoking tobacco (cigarettes, a pipe). 抽 alone is the general 'to pull/draw' verb — 抽烟 narrows it to smoking.

verb

to smoke (a cigarette or pipe)

抽烟。
Tā měi tiān dōu yào chōu yān.
He smokes every day.
。
Tā chōu le yì gēn yān jiù chū qù le.
He smoked a cigarette and went out.
抽烟。
Yī shēng ràng tā bú yào zài chōu yān le.
The doctor told him not to smoke anymore.

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