瘾 (yǐn): addiction, craving
瘾 (yǐn) is a Chinese character meaning “addiction.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 隐 (phonetic). It ranks #2858 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 瘾 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 医 (yī, medicine), 病 (bìng, illness), 疼 (téng, ache).
Definitions
- addiction
- craving
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘾君子noun | yǐn jūn zǐ | addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging) |
| 上瘾verb | shàng yǐn | to get into a habit |
| 毒瘾noun | dú yǐn | drug addiction |
| 过瘾verb | guò yǐn | to satisfy a craving |
| 烟瘾noun | yān yǐn | the urge to smoke |
| 酒瘾noun | jiǔ yǐn | alcohol addiction |
| 瘾头noun | yǐn tóu | craving |
| 成瘾性noun | chéng yǐn xìng | addictiveness |
| 瘾头儿 | yǐn tóu r | erhua variant of 癮頭|瘾头 |
| 过干瘾verb | guò gān yǐn | to satisfy a craving with substitutes |
| 吸毒成瘾 | xī dú chéng yǐn | drug addiction |
| 网络成瘾 | wǎng luò chéng yǐn | Internet addiction |
| 成瘾verb | chéng yǐn | to be addicted |
| 性瘾noun | xìng yǐn | sexual addiction |
| 网瘾noun | wǎng yǐn | Internet addiction |
瘾 appears in 16 compound words: 19 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 瘾 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
瘾字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
yǐn zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The character for "addiction" has a very distinctive writing style that left a deep impression on me.
Meta和谷歌在社交媒体成瘾案中被判承担责任
M e t a hé gǔ gē zài shè jiāo méi tǐ chéng yǐn àn zhōng bèi pàn chéng dān zé rèn
Meta and Google have been found liable in a social media addiction case
公共卫生组织就博彩成瘾问题起诉DraftKings、FanDu...
gōng gòng wèi shēng zǔ zhī jiù bó cǎi chéng yǐn wèn tí qǐ sù D r a f t K i n g s , F a n D u . . .
Public health organizations sue DraftKings, FanDu... over gambling addiction
孕期碰毒母婴遭殃!怀孕药瘾女性新增医疗补助 守护母婴健康
yùn qī pèng dú mǔ yīng zāo yāng ! huái yùn yào yǐn nǚ xìng xīn zēng yī liáo bǔ zhù shǒu hù mǔ yīng jiàn kāng
Exposure to Drugs During Pregnancy Harms Both Mother and Baby! New Medical Assistance for Pregnant Women with Drug Addictions to Protect the Health of Mothers and Babies
【战况S1-9】呢个赛日有保证!前香港短瘾练马师赢G1星河大赛!
zhàn kuàng S 1 9 ne gè sài rì yǒu bǎo zhèng ! qián xiāng gǎng duǎn yǐn liàn mǎ shī yíng G 1 xīng hé dà sài !
[Race Report S1-9] A sure thing on this race day! Former Hong Kong trainer Short Addiction wins the G1 Galaxy Stakes!
反驳“助长成瘾”指控,YouTube 宣称公司旨在为用...
fǎn bó zhù cháng chéng yǐn zhǐ kòng , Y o u T u b e xuān chèn gōng sī zhǐ zài wéi yòng . . .
Refuting allegations of "fueling addiction", YouTube claims that the company aims to provide services for users...
美国的罪犯大多是吸毒成瘾的瘾君子。
Měiguó de zuìfàn dàduō shì xīdúchéngyǐn de yǐnjūnzǐ.
Many criminals in America are addicted to drugs.
去年夏天，我们在桥上看焰火看得很过瘾。
Qùnián xiàtiān, wǒmen zài qiáo shàng kàn yànhuǒ kàn dehěn guòyǐn.
We enjoyed watching the fireworks on a bridge last summer.
过瘾一个东西和过于那个东西是两回事。
Guòyǐn yī gè dōngxi hé guòyú nàge dōngxi shì liǎnghuíshì.
Getting addicted to something and having too much of something are two different things.
这个好像说一个人上瘾了“交通”，“艺术”或“政治”。
Zhège hǎoxiàng shuō yīgèrén shàngyǐn le "jiāotōng ","yìshù " huò "zhèngzhì ".
It’s like saying that someone is addicted to “transport”, “art” or “politics”.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 疒 (sickness) component
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