Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 - 吸旱烟 Smoke the long Chinese pipe

吸旱烟

Pinyin: xī hàn yān
Meaning：Smoke the long Chinese pipe
Sentence:  轿夫坐在门首的板凳上，抽着旱烟，聊着天。The chair carriers were sitting on the benches in front of the gate, smoking their pipes and chatting.

 

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吸：

Pinyin: xī
Meaning: To breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
Radical: 口
Stokes: 6
Traditional: 吸
Common words/Phrase:
吸引 [xī yǐn] 【attract】
吸收 [xī shōu] 【absorb】
吸毒 [xī dú] 【to take drugs】
吸附 [xī fù] 【absorption】
吸血鬼 [xī xuè guǐ] 【vampire】

 

旱：

Pinyin: hàn
Meaning: Drought
Radical: 日
Stokes: 7
Traditional: 旱
Common words/Phrase:
旱灾 [hàn zāi] 【drought】
旱情 [hàn qíng] 【ravages of a drought】
旱田 [hàn tián] 【glebe】
旱烟 [hàn yān] 【tobacco】
旱作 [hàn zuò] 【dry farming】

 

烟：

Pinyin: yīn, yān
Meaning: Smoke; tobacco; cigarette
Radical: 火
Stokes: 10
Traditional: 烟
Common words/Phrase:
烟草 [yān cǎo] 【tobacco】
烟火 [yān huǒ] 【fireworks】
烟囱 [yān cōng] 【chimney】
烟雾 [yān wù] 【smoke】
烟雨 [yān yǔ] 【misty rain】