# 上瘾 (shàngyǐn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 上瘾 (shàngyǐn) means “to become addicted”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to become addicted
- Pinyin: shàngyǐn (shang4 yin3)
- Traditional: 上癮
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 长时间玩电子游戏容易上瘾。
  Cháng shíjiān wán diànzǐ yóuxì róngyì shàngyǐn.
  Playing video games for a long time is easy to get addicted to.

## Characters

- [上](https://hanziro.com/word/shang-up/) (shàng): up; above
- [瘾](https://hanziro.com/word/yin-addiction/) (yǐn): addiction; strong craving

https://hanziro.com/word/shang-yin-become-addicted/

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