上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上瘾
shàngyǐn
to become addicted; to get hooked
Characters in this word
瘾 yǐn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 隐 to hide, to conceal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他对短视频逐渐上瘾，注意力和睡眠质量都明显下降。 Tā duì duǎn shìpín zhújiàn shàngyǐn, zhùyìlì hé shuìmián zhìliàng dōu míngxiǎn xiàjiàng. He gradually became addicted to short videos, and both his concentration and sleep quality declined noticeably.
- 这款游戏太好玩，我玩着玩着就上瘾了。 Zhè kuǎn yóuxì tài hǎowán, wǒ wán zhe wán zhe jiù shàngyǐn le. This game is so much fun that I got hooked as I kept playing.
- 妈妈警告弟弟别对手机上瘾。 Māma jǐnggào dìdi bié duì shǒujī shàngyǐn. Mom warned my little brother not to become addicted to his phone.
Related words
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class