| 被动吸烟 |
bèi dòng xī yān |
second-hand smoking / passive smoking |
| 被 |
bèi |
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip") |
| 被动 |
bèi dòng |
passive |
| 动 |
dòng |
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 动词, verb |
| 吸 |
xī |
to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale |
| 吸烟 |
xī yān |
to smoke |
| 烟 |
yān |
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke |
| 烟 |
yān |
tobacco (variant of 烟) |