烟鬼

煙鬼
yānguǐ
  1. heavy smoker
  2. chain smoker

CEDICT

  1. heavy smoker; chain smoker
  2. opium addict

Wiktionary

讥称吸毒成瘾的人。今亦称抽香菸量大的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 烟 yān
  1. cigarette or pipe tobacco
  2. smoke
  3. mist
  4. vapour
  5. tobacco plant
  6. (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

classifiers: 根, 縷
=1 烟 yān tobacco (variant of 烟 yān)
2 鬼 guǐ
  1. disembodied spirit; ghost; devil
  2. (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
  3. sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡 guǐ)
  4. one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

Containing this entry

老烟鬼 lǎoyānguǐ
  1. heavy smoker
  2. chain smoker

Related entries

老烟枪 lǎoyānqiāng
  1. heavy smoker
  2. chain smoker
  3. life-long smoker
老烟鬼 lǎoyānguǐ
  1. heavy smoker
  2. chain smoker
瘾君子 yǐnjūnzǐ
  1. opium eater
  2. drug addict
  3. chain smoker
不是每個癮君子都有創傷；不過有創傷的人變少，癮君子也會變少。

Not every addict is traumatized, but there would be a lot fewer addicts if a lot fewer people were traumatized.

Source: Tatoeba