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Definition
An addiction, habitual craving, or pathological dependence on something.
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How it's used
Refers to a strong, often uncontrollable urge or craving for a specific activity or substance. While it can describe serious dependencies like drugs, it is frequently used in casual conversation to describe harmless habits like gaming, shopping, or even eating certain snacks. The word carries a slightly negative or self-deprecating tone, implying that the person has lost control over their desire.
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pou1鋪pōuExamples
He has been really obsessed with gaming lately, he is practically addicted to it.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake it for a verb, but it functions primarily as a noun. You cannot say 我癮打機; instead, you must use a structure like 我打機打到有癮 or 我有打機癮.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
