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不准吸煙

bat1 zeon2 kap1 jin1

bu4 zhun3 xi1 yan1

no smoking (as commonly seen written on signs)

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 30,500

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

不准吸煙 / 不准吸烟

This word was added by spacemonkey on 30th Sep 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
准 zeon2 zhuo2 zhuo1 shui3 zhun3 - [1] [v] approve; allow; permit; grant; authori
吸 kap1 ngap1 xi1 fan2 - inhale; suck in; absorb
煙 jin1 yan1 yin1 - smoke; tobacco; fumes; [cards] ace

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