HSK 6 · Body

上瘾 shàngyǐn “to be addicted” in Chinese

Traditional 上癮

What 上瘾 means

  1. to be addicted
  2. to get hooked
  3. to get into a habit
  4. to become addicted

How to say 上瘾

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale上shàng4th 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

上瘾 in a sentence

  1. 这个游戏太好玩了，很容易上瘾。

    Zhè ge yóuxì tài hǎowán le, hěn róngyì shàngyǐn.

    This game is so much fun that it’s easy to get hooked.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他喝咖啡喝上瘾了。

    Tā hē kāfēi hē shàngyǐn le.

    He’s got hooked on coffee.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 上瘾 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 上 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
上shàngup; upper; above; previous
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA short stroke above the line: up, on top.

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 上瘾

上 3 strokes · 瘾 16 strokes

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

Words related to 上瘾

Words with 上

上shàng · up上午shàngwǔ · morning (forenoon)上课shàngkè · to go to class上学shàngxué · to go to school早上zǎoshang · morning晚上wǎnshang · evening上班shàngbān · to go to work上面shàngmiàn · above路上lùshang · on the road上来shànglái · to come up

Words with 瘾

过瘾guòyǐn · to satisfy a craving

More words: People, Body & Health

器官qìguān · organ (of the body)气色qìsè · complexion拳头quántou · fist瘸qué · lame生理shēnglǐ · physiology神经shénjīng · nerve呻吟shēnyín · to groan舌头shétou · tongue

FAQs

上瘾 (shàngyǐn) means “to be addicted” or “to get hooked”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shàngyǐn: shàng 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, 上瘾 is written 上癮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shangyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 上瘾 from the suggestions. Typing shangyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
上瘾 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.