有瘾

有癮
yǒuyǐn
verb #31,554

Meanings

  1. 1 to be addicted
  2. 2 to have an addiction
  3. 3 to be hooked

Examples

Tā duì yóuxì yǒuyǐn.
He's addicted to video games.
Hē kāfēi hē de yǒudiǎnr yǒuyǐn le.
I've gotten a bit hooked on drinking coffee.

Tips

usage
Pattern: [thing] 有瘾 = 'be addicted to [thing]'. Used both literally (drugs, smoking) and lightly (games, social media, TV shows). The opposite/related expressions: 上瘾 (shàngyǐn, 'to become addicted'), (jièyǐn, 'to quit an addiction').
memory
'have' + 'addiction/craving' → literally 'have an addiction'. The character has the (sickness) radical because traditionally addiction was framed as a disease.

Stroke Order

yǒu
yǐn