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癮
简 瘾 · 繁 癮Mandarin · pinyin yǐn
Meanings
- addiction
- craving
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3 · yin3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jan2 · jan5
Cantonese word readings for 癮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- addiction; craving (Classifier: 鋪／铺 c)
- (dialectal) to like (doing something)
- (dialectal) to crave; to be addicted to
character · Etymology 2
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min) addiction; craving
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to like (doing something)
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to crave; to be addicted to
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to have a tendency to; to easily do something
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) stupid; foolish
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, often in the negative) willing
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) skinny; lean
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