戒烟 meaning in English

jiè yān

to give up smoking

HSK 7-9Traditional 戒煙17 strokes

Meaning of 戒烟

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jièyān
  1. to give up smoking

戒烟 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

萨sà米mǐ选xuǎn择zé了le戒jiè烟yān大dà麻má。
Sami decided to quit smoking weed.
我wǒ知zhī道dào戒jiè烟yān很hěn困kùn难nán。
We know it's hard to quit smoking.
他tā去qù年nián试shì过guò戒jiè烟yān,但dàn却què以yǐ失shī败bài告gào终zhōng。
He tried to give up smoking last year, but it was in vain.
你nǐ应yīng该gāi努nǔ力lì去qù戒jiè烟yān。
You should make an effort to stop smoking.
戒jiè烟yān容róng易yì,戒jiè你nǐ太tài难nán!
Quitting smoking is easy, quitting you is too hard.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

戒 jiè · to guard against · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

烟 yān · cigarette or pipe tobacco · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 戒烟.

抽烟chōuyānto smoke (tobacco)
吸烟xīyānto smoke
烟花yānhuāfireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
戒指jièzhi(finger) ring
香烟xiāngyānsmoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of fami
烟囱yāncōngchimney; smokestack; stovepipe
烟火yānhuǒsmoke and fire; cooked food
戒备jièbèito take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
警戒jǐngjièto warn; to alert
烟雾yānwùsmoke; mist
戒酒jièjiǔto give up drinking; to abstain from drinking
烟草yāncǎotobacco

Questions about 戒烟

What does 戒烟 mean?

戒烟 (jiè yān) means "to give up smoking".

How do you write 戒烟?

戒烟 is made of 2 characters: 戒 (7 strokes), 烟 (10 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 戒烟 an HSK word?

Yes. 戒烟 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 戒烟 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 戒烟 is written 戒煙.