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有瘾 (yǒu yǐn) — to be addicted to (something); to have a habit (of doing something)

Definition

Describes a strong, hard-to-break habit or craving — e.g. 对咖啡有瘾 (addicted to coffee). More intense than 习惯 ('used to'); it implies compulsion, not just routine.

adjective
to be addicted to (something)to have a habit (of doing something)

Examples

  • 有瘾。
    Tā duì dǎ yóu xì hěn yǒu yǐn.
    He is very addicted to playing games.
  • 有瘾，。
    Tā duì kā fēi yǒu yǐn, měi tiān dōu yào hē.
    He is addicted to coffee and drinks it every day.
  • 有瘾。
    Zhè zhǒng yóu xì hěn róng yì ràng rén yǒu yǐn.
    This kind of game easily makes people addicted.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

有yǒuhave
瘾yǐncraving

有 (have) and 瘾 (craving) combine to describe having a strong habit or addiction.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 癮; 瘾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nè
Sound part声符shēngfú
隱
隱yǐn癮yǐn
Same sound today

The traditional form 癮 uses 疒 to show illness and 隱 for the sound; the simplified 瘾 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical sound part.

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