บุหรี่
cigarette
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This is the everyday Thai word for a cigarette, and it can also refer more generally to a tobacco product that is smoked.
cigarette
A tobacco product that is lit and smoked, most commonly a cigarette.
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เขาสูบบุหรี่จัดมาก khǎw sùup bùrìi càt mâak He's a very heavy smoker. เขาสูบบุหรี่จัดมาก details
Learning notes
Explanation
บุหรี่ is a neutral, everyday noun. Its most important collocation is สูบบุหรี่, meaning “to smoke.” The classifier for individual cigarettes is มวน: บุหรี่หนึ่งมวน means “one cigarette.” ซอง is used when counting packs, as in บุหรี่หนึ่งซอง, “one pack of cigarettes.” The word may occasionally cover other rolled tobacco products, but it normally means a cigarette. Use ซิการ์ when you specifically mean a cigar.
Usage
It is used when discussing smoking habits, buying or asking for cigarettes, talking about cigarette smoke or odor, and giving or displaying no-smoking warnings.
Caution
Use สูบ in the expression สูบบุหรี่, “to smoke a cigarette”; do not use ดื่ม, which means “to drink.” Individual cigarettes are normally counted with มวน, not the general classifier อัน.
Differences from similar words
1 cigarette synonyms
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ยาสูบ is a broader term for tobacco, including the plant, leaves, and tobacco products in general. บุหรี่ is the ordinary word used for a cigarette.