HSK 6 · Emotions

过瘾 guòyǐn “to satisfy a craving” in Chinese

Traditional 過癮

What 过瘾 means

  1. to satisfy a craving
  2. to enjoy to the full
  3. satisfying
  4. to get a kick out of sth
  5. gratifying
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • immensely enjoyable
  • fulfilling

How to say 过瘾

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale瘾yǐn3rd tone, dipping

过瘾 in a sentence

  1. 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 de hěn guòyǐn.

    We really enjoyed watching the fireworks from the bridge last summer.

    Sentence #335171 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 过瘾 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
过guòto cross
  • 寸inch · cùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with guò.

Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

The character 瘾 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
瘾yǐnaddiction
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 隐to hide · yǐnSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 隐 (yǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǐn.

How to write 过瘾

过 6 strokes · 瘾 16 strokes

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过瘾 (guòyǐn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 过瘾 (guòyǐn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 过瘾

Words with 过

过guò · to pass过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events

Words with 瘾

上瘾shàngyǐn · to be addicted

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FAQs

过瘾 (guòyǐn) means “to satisfy a craving” or “to enjoy to the full”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guòyǐn: guò with a 4th tone, then yǐn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 过瘾 is written 過癮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过瘾 from the suggestions. Typing guoyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过瘾 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.