jat1 hau2 jin1一口煙一口烟
Jyutpingjat1 hau2 jin1
Yaleyāt háu yīn
Definition
A puff of smoke, or a single drag of a cigarette.
colloquialdaily actions
How it's used
Refers specifically to the act of inhaling or the amount of smoke taken in during a single draw from a cigarette. It is frequently used to describe taking a short break from work or a social gathering to smoke, often phrased as 抖一抖食口煙.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the act of smoking an entire cigarette, which is usually referred to as 食支煙. Using 一口煙 to mean a whole cigarette sounds unnatural to native speakers.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
