sik6 daai6 jin1食大煙食大烟
Jyutpingsik6 daai6 jin1
Yalesihk daaih yīn
Definition
To smoke opium.
colloquialother
How it's used
This term is strictly historical and refers to the specific practice of smoking opium in the past. It is never used to describe modern cigarette smoking or vaping. The verb 食 is used here because the process involves inhaling the fumes, which is colloquially treated as consuming the substance.
Examples
I heard his grandfather really liked smoking opium back in the day.
Smoking opium was very expensive back then, how could ordinary people afford it?
Related words
Common phrases
an opium addict
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe someone smoking cigarettes, as that would be confusing or sound bizarrely archaic. Use 食煙 for regular cigarettes instead.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
