戒酒 meaning in English

jièjiǔ

to give up drinking; to abstain from drinking

17 strokes

Meaning of 戒酒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jièjiǔ
  1. to give up drinking
  2. to abstain from drinking

戒酒 in example sentences

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

戒jiè酒jiǔ一yī年nián对duì身shēn体tǐ好hǎo。
Giving up drinking for a year is healthy.
迈mài克kè已yǐ经jīng戒jiè酒jiǔ了le吗ma?
Has Mike quit drinking?
你nǐ该gāi戒jiè烟yān戒jiè酒jiǔ了le。
You should give up smoking and drinking.
他tā建jiàn议yì她tā戒jiè酒jiǔ。
He advised her to stop drinking.
父fù亲qīn戒jiè酒jiǔ了le。
Father stopped drinking.

Stroke order for each character

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戒 jiè · to guard against · 7 strokes

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酒 jiǔ · wine · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 戒酒.

酒店jiǔdiànwine shop; pub (public house)
啤酒píjiǔbeer (loanword)
红酒hóngjiǔred wine
酒吧jiǔbābar (place to buy drinks)
酒鬼jiǔguǐdrunkard
葡萄酒pútaojiǔ(grape) wine
白酒báijiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2
酒水jiǔshuǐalcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)
戒指jièzhi(finger) ring
酒精jiǔjīng(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
酗酒xùjiǔheavy drinking; to get drunk
戒烟jiè yānto give up smoking

Questions about 戒酒

What does 戒酒 mean?

戒酒 (jièjiǔ) means "to give up drinking; to abstain from drinking".

How do you write 戒酒?

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