上瘾 meaning in English

shàngyǐn

to get into a habit; to become addicted

HSK 7-9Traditional 上癮19 strokes

Meaning of 上瘾

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shàngyǐn
  1. to get into a habit
  2. to become addicted

上瘾 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge好hǎo像xiàng说shuō一yí个gè人rén上shàng瘾yǐn了le“交jiāo通tōng”,“艺yì术shù”或huò“政zhèng治zhì”。
It’s like saying that someone is addicted to “transport”, “art” or “politics”.

Stroke order for each character

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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

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瘾 yǐn · addiction · 16 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 上瘾.

马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上chē shang
上学shàngxuéto go to school; to attend school

Questions about 上瘾

What does 上瘾 mean?

上瘾 (shàngyǐn) means "to get into a habit; to become addicted".

How do you write 上瘾?

上瘾 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 瘾 (16 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 上瘾 an HSK word?

Yes. 上瘾 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 上瘾 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 上瘾 is written 上癮.