Addiction in Chinese: 瘾 (yǐn)

yǐn

addiction

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1addiction
  2. 2craving

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ㄧㄣˇ

yǐn

/ i/ enˇ/ third tone

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  • 他抽烟抽得很凶,烟瘾很大。

    tā chōu yān chōu dé hěn xiōng, yān yǐn hěn dà。

    He smokes heavily; his smoking addiction is strong.

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