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禁烟

jìn yān

2-character word Traditional 禁煙

What 禁烟 means

1. to ban smoking
2. to quit smoking
3. to prohibit cooking
4. prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729)

The characters in 禁烟

• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist

Example sentences

• 汤姆讨厌在禁烟区吸烟的人。
  Tāngmǔ tǎoyàn zài jìnyānqū xīyān de rén.
  Tom doesn't like people who smoke in no smoking areas.
• 在美国，当你进入餐厅时，你可选择坐在吸烟区或是禁烟区。
  Zài Měiguó, dāng nǐ jìnrù cāntīng shí, nǐ kěxuǎn zé zuò zài xīyānqū huòshì jìnyān qū.
  In the U.S., you have the option, when you enter a restaurant, to sit in the smoking or non-smoking section.