Chinese symbol for “addict”
瘾君子
yǐn jūn zǐ
Traditional: 癮君子
addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for addict is 瘾君子 (yǐn jūn zǐ), defined as: addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “addict”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中毒者 | zhòng dú zhě | poisoned person (food poisoning, drug overdose or toxic exposure); (coll.) addict; junkie; enthusiast (video games, shopping etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瘾君子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上瘾 (上癮) | shàng yǐn | to get into a habit; to become addicted |
| 过瘾 (過癮) | guò yǐn | to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth |
| 成瘾 (成癮) | chéng yǐn | to be addicted; addiction |
| 毒瘾 (毒癮) | dú yǐn | drug addiction |
| 网瘾 (網癮) | wǎng yǐn | Internet addiction; net addiction |
| 君主 | jūn zhǔ | monarch; sovereign |
| 君子 | jūn zǐ | nobleman; person of noble character |
| 君王 | jūn wáng | sovereign king |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
See also: Japanese symbol for “addict”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.