戒煙

See also: 戒烟

Chinese

		swear off; warn against	cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (戒煙/戒菸)		戒	煙/菸
simp. (戒烟)		戒	烟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³ jin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kie-yên / kiai-yân

  (Hailu, HRS): gai^ˇ rhan^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kài-ian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièyan
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-yen¹
    • Yale: jyè-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehian
    • Palladius: цзеянь (czejanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³ jin¹
    • Yale: gaai yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³ jiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie-yên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie ien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie⁴ yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵ i̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiai-yân
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai (r)ian^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai⁴ yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯⁵⁵ (j)i̯an²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gai^ˇ rhan^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kai¹¹ ʒan⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-ian
    • Tâi-lô: kài-ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kae'iefn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹⁻⁴¹ iɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹⁻⁵³ iɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

戒⫽煙 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to give up smoking; to quit smoking

   戒煙比我想象中容易多了。 [MSC, trad.]
   戒烟比我想象中容易多了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jièyān bǐ wǒ xiǎngxiàng zhōng róngyì duō le. [Pinyin]

   Quitting smoking was easier than I imagined.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 戒煙 (“to quit smoking”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		戒煙
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	戒煙
	Singapore	戒煙
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	戒煙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	戒煙, 忌煙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	戒煙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戒煙
	Hong Kong	戒煙
Gan	Nanchang	戒煙
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	戒煙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	戒煙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	戒煙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	戒煙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	戒薰
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	改薰
Southern Min	Xiamen	改薰
	Jinjiang	改薰
	Tainan	改薰
	Leizhou	隔薰
	Haikou	隔煙