瘾 meaning in English

yǐn

addiction; craving

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 癮16 strokes

Meaning of 瘾

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yǐn

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

真zhēn希xī望wàng自zì己jǐ能néng把bǎ烟yān瘾yǐn戒jiè掉diào。

I wish I could break the habit of smoking.

确què实shí有yǒu网wǎng瘾yǐn这zhè回huí事shì。

There really is such a thing as Internet addiction.

玛mǎ丽lì是shì咖kā啡fēi成chéng瘾yǐn者zhě。

Mary is addicted to coffee.

做zuò这zhè些xiē事shì做zuò得de太tài多duō的de人rén的de例lì子zi多duō的de是shì，可kě是shì没méi有yǒu说shuō是shì“瘾yǐn症zhèng”。

There are plenty of examples of people who do these things “excessively”, but no-one says those are “addictions”.

在zài美měi国guó，吸xī毒dú成chéng瘾yǐn者zhě的de数shù量liàng从cóng未wèi像xiàng今jīn天tiān这zhè样yàng多duō。

In the USA, there have never been as many drug addicts as there are today.

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Words that share a character with 瘾.

上瘾	shàngyǐn	to get into a habit; to become addicted
过瘾	guòyǐn	to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth
瘾君子	yǐnjūnzǐ	addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging)
毒瘾	dúyǐn	drug addiction
成瘾	chéngyǐn	to be addicted; addiction

What does 瘾 mean?

瘾 (yǐn) means "addiction; craving" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 瘾?

瘾 is made of 1 character: 瘾 (16 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 瘾 an HSK word?

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

How is 瘾 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 瘾 is written 癮.