HSK 6 · Food

酗酒 xùjiǔ “to drink heavily” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 酗酒 means

  1. to drink heavily
  2. to binge drink
  3. heavy drinking
  4. to get drunk
  5. to drink to excess

How to say 酗酒

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale酗xù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale酒jiǔ3rd tone, dipping

酗酒 in a sentence

  1. 医生说酗酒对身体伤害很大。

    Yīshēng shuō xùjiǔ duì shēntǐ shānghài hěn dà.

    The doctor says heavy drinking does a lot of harm to the body.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他以前酗酒，现在一口都不喝了。

    Tā yǐqián xùjiǔ, xiànzài yìkǒu dōu bù hē le.

    He used to drink heavily, but now he doesn’t touch a drop.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 酗酒 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 酗 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
酗xùdrunk
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒu
  • 凶culprit · xiōng
The character 酒 (jiǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
酒jiǔwine
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒu

Memory aidLiquid 氵 beside a wine jar 酉: alcohol.

How to write 酗酒

酗 11 strokes · 酒 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 酗酒

Words with 酒

酒店jiǔdiàn · hotel酒jiǔ · alcohol啤酒píjiǔ · beer酒吧jiǔbā · bar酒精jiǔjīng · alcohol

More words: Food & Dining

素食sùshí · vegetarian food调料tiáoliào · seasoning馅儿xiànr · filling腥xīng · fishy (smell or taste)饮食yǐnshí · diet油腻yóunì · greasy粥zhōu · porridge滋味zīwèi · taste

FAQs

酗酒 (xùjiǔ) means “to drink heavily” or “to binge drink”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xùjiǔ: xù with a 4th tone, then jiǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 酗酒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xujiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 酗酒 from the suggestions. Typing xujiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
酗酒 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.