tobacco pipe; smoking pipe
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
tobacco pipe; smoking pipe (esp. the long-stemmed dry variety)
In common usage refers specifically to the long-stemmed dry tobacco pipe (旱烟袋) traditional in northern China, though technically the term encompasses both dry and water pipes.
Yé爷
ye爷
zuò坐
zài在
kàng炕
shàng上
，
yī一
biān边
chōu抽
zhe着
yān烟
dài袋
，
yī一
biān边
gěi给
wǒ我
men们
jiǎng讲
gù故
shi事
。
Grandpa sat on the heated kang, smoking his pipe and telling us stories.
Zhè这
ge个
lǎo老
yān烟
dài袋
shì是
tā他
zǔ祖
fù父
liú留
xià下
lái来
de的
，
yǐ已
jīng经
yǒu有
shàng上
bǎi百
nián年
lì历
shǐ史
le了
。
This old pipe was left by his grandfather and is already over a hundred years old.
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Tā他
cóng从
huái怀
lǐ里
tāo掏
chū出
yān烟
dài袋
，
màn慢
tiáo条
sī斯
lǐ理
de地
zhuāng装
le了
yī一
dài袋
yān烟
。
He took out his pipe from his bosom and leisurely loaded it with tobacco.
Hàn旱
yān烟
dài袋
hé和
shuǐ水
yān烟
dài袋
dōu都
shì是
yān烟
dài袋
，
zhǐ只
shì是
gòu构
zào造
bù不
tóng同
。
Both dry tobacco pipes and water pipes are types of smoking pipes; only their construction differs.