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yǐn

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yǐn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǐn | yin3
English translation
addiction
craving
rash; addiction, craving, habit

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About yǐn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

yǐn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

sickness

Etymology of yǐn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒隐

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yǐn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yǐn represents the sound. Simplified form of yǐn .

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Example sentences using yǐn

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许多 xǔduō yǒu 尼古丁 ní gǔ dīng yǐn de chōu yān rén 容易 róngyì yān jiè diào .

Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.

de 毒瘾 dú yǐn 不易 bù yì jiè diào ,因为 yīnwèi yǒu 很多朋友 péngyou dōu shì 有毒瘾的 rén .

It's not easy for him to dry out since he has a lot of drug - addict friends.

多数 duō shù shì Chéng yǐn de 赌徒 dǔ tú dōu Cháng shū .

Most compulsive gamblers are not successful.

zài 研究 yánjiū 可卡因 kě kǎ yīn 用于 yòng yú 神经 shénjīng 阻滞 zǔ zhì 麻醉 mázuì de 过程 guòchéng Zhōng , 部分 bùfen 助手 zhùshǒu 染上 rǎn shàng le 药瘾.

While working with cocaine for nerve block anesthesia, he and some of his associates became addicted.

Fēi chū chòu hán 过瘾 guòyǐn shì 怎着?

Are you only happy when you're sweating your guts out?

Words with yǐn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yǐn addiction yǐn
上瘾 shàngyǐn to get into a habit上癮
过瘾 guòyǐn gratifying過癮
瘾君子 yǐn jūn zǐ opium eater癮君子
毒瘾 dú yǐn drug addiction毒癮
烟瘾 yān yǐn the urge to smoke煙癮
瘾头 yǐn tóu craving癮頭

yǐn Decomposition & Compounds

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yǐn Decomposition

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