# 酗酒 (xùjiǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 酗酒 (xùjiǔ) means “to drink excessively; alcoholism”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to drink excessively; alcoholism
- Pinyin: xùjiǔ (xu4 jiu3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 长期酗酒对身体健康危害很大。
  Chángqī xùjiǔ duì shēntǐ jiànkāng wēihài hěn dà.
  Long-term excessive drinking is very harmful to health.

## Characters

- 酗 (xù): drunk
- [酒](https://hanziro.com/word/jiu-wine/) (jiǔ): wine; liquor

https://hanziro.com/word/xu-jiu-drink-excessively/

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