成瘾

成癮

chéngyǐn

verb

Meanings

HSK 5

他网络成瘾，每天上网超过十个小时。

Tā wǎngluò chéngyǐn, měi tiān shàngwǎng chāoguò shí ge xiǎoshí.

He's addicted to the internet and spends more than ten hours a day online.

HSK 7-9

玩游戏要有节制，不然很容易成瘾。

Wán yóuxì yào yǒu jiézhì, bùrán hěn róngyi chéngyǐn.

Play games in moderation, or you can easily get addicted.

成瘾 is the formal and medical word: 网络成瘾 (internet addiction), 药物成瘾 (drug addiction), 成瘾性 (addictiveness). In everyday speech people say 上瘾.

成 chéng

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