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Traditional Chinese
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
jiè
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
gaai3
Short definition to warn
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All available English definitions ring (for a finger)MDBG icon / to exhortMDBG icon / warn againstLDC icon / swear offLDC icon / to guard againstMDBG icon / Buddhist monastic disciplineMDBG icon / to warnAdso icon / to admonish or warnMDBG icon / to give up or stop doing sthMDBG icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to warn
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: swear off; warn against
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: sameldc'
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(wǒ) I
一定要(yī dìng yào) absolutely must
(bà) stem
香烟(xiāng yān) cigarette
(jiè) to warn
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

I'm definitely going to quit smoking!

他把( tā bǎ)
(yān) mist
(jiè) to warn
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

He gave up smoking.

比起(bǐ qǐ) to compare with
(shǎoshào) few
抽菸(chōu yān) variant of 抽煙抽烟chou1 yan1
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
何不(hé bù) why not do (sth)?
直接(zhí jiē) immediate
(bà) stem
(yān) faded
(jiè) to warn
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?

(wǒ) I
(jiè) to warn
(yān) mist
一年(yìnián) twelvemonth
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

I gave up smoking for a year.

戒烟(jiè yān) to quit smoking
容易(róng yì) easy
(jiè) to warn
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
太难(tàinán)

Quitting smoking is easy, quitting you is too hard.

如果(rú guǒ) if
这些(zhè xiē) these
(yào) cure
突然(tū rán) sudden
(bèi) quilt
停了(tíng le) to stop
(nà nā nā) Na
可能会(kě néng huì) might
出现(chū xiàn) to arise
一些(yī xiē) a few
(jiè) to warn
(duàn) to snap
症状(zhèng zhuàng) symptom

If these drugs are stopped abruptly, then some withdrawal symptoms may occur.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
(ná) to take
掉了(diàole) to fall off
他的( tā de)
(hūn) to marry
(jiè) to warn

Tom took his wedding ring off.

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