Buying tobacco in China

In general you can buy cigarettes in one of tobacco kiosks that can be found all over any city. Unfortunately, the quality of Western brands is not the best. For the sake of experience you can try one of Chinese brands, although they tend to be quite strong.

Chinese name PinyinEnglish description
烟铺yan1 pu4tobacco kiosk
香烟xiang1 yan1cigarettes
打火机da3 huo3 ji1lighter
火柴huo3 chai2matches
烟灰缸yan1 hui1 gang1ashtray
雪茄烟xue3 jia1 yan1cigar
高洗霸gao1 xi3 ba4Cohiba
吸烟区xi1 yan1 chu1Smoking area
万宝路wan4 bao3 lu4Marlboro
中华zhong1 hua2Local famous brand


Other useful phrases

Excuse me, where can I buy a pack of cigarettes?
¿Qing3 wen4, zai4 na3 li5 neng2 mai3 dao4 xiang1 yan1?
请问在哪里能买到香烟

A pack of Marlboro please
yi1 bao1 wan4 bao3 lu4
一包 万宝路

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