ADDICTED    沈溺於耽

LOVE SOMETHING INTENSELY AND INTENSELY NEED IT.  
DEPENDENT ONHOOKED ONSTRUNG OUT ONDEVOTED TOOBSESSED WITHFIXATED ONDEDICATED TOFANATICAL ABOUTPASSIONATE ABOUTENAMORED OFA SLAVE TOHOOKED ONWILD ABOUTMAD ABOUTCRAZY ABOUTNUTS ABOUT
Old Chinese Criteria
[ARCHAIC/CURRENT] [[FREQUENT/RARE]] [HIGH-DEGREE/LOW-DEGREE] [POETIC/PROSAIC] 1. The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽 / 酖 / 湛. [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC] 2. Miǎn 湎 is an elevated poetic word for addiction, typically to wine. [ARCHAIC], [POETIC] 3. Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women. [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]] 4. Xù 酗 is a rare archaic word referring to addiction to wine as expressed in action. [ARCHAIC], [POETIC]; [[RARE]] 5. Yòng 醟 is a very rare word referring to excessive fondness of wine. [[RARE]]
Modern Chinese Criteria
沉迷 著迷 入迷 痴迷 迷戀 入魔 著魔 瘋 沉湎 沉溺 熱中 迷 痴 耽 眩 痴心妄想 神魂顛倒 鬼迷心竅 沉迷不醒 沈迷不醒 樂此不疲 竟日忘歸 悠然忘返 樂而忘返 樂不思蜀 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
    See also
    • DRUNKDRINK EXCESSIVELY MUCH LIQUOR so as to BECOME INTOXICATED.
    Hypernym
    • LOVE　INTENSE AND OFTEN PARTIAL DESIRE to be INTIMATE with a PERSON OR to POSSESS a THING. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
    • DESIRE　GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED. (anc: 12/0, child: 11)
    • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 123

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1491

    酗，酖

    1. WL takes xu4 酗 to refer to actual excessive use of wine, da1n 酖 only to an excessive desire for wine. But given the scarcity of examples there is no way of being sure.

    One feels that underdocumented distinctions should be listed differently or separately from distinctions that can be seen to be operative in the texts.

  • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 2699-802

    • Words (10 items)

    湎  miǎn OC: menʔ MC: miɛn 9 Attributions

    Miǎn 湎 is an elevated poetic word for addiction, typically to wine. >>POETIC

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 沈/ADDICTED Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women. [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nabactdissipation, overindulgence
    • vibe given to (wine)
    • vt+prep+Nbe addicted to (wine)
    • vtoNcausativecause (someone) to overindulge in wine
    沈  chén OC: ɡrlum MC: ɖim 6 Attributions

    Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women. [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]]

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 湎/ADDICTED Miǎn 湎 is an elevated poetic word for addiction, typically to wine. >>POETIC
    • Assoc: 酗/ADDICTED Xù 酗 is a rare archaic word referring to addiction to wine as expressed in action. [ARCHAIC], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nget addicted to, be addicted to
    • vtoNfall into (bad habits, bad ways), be given to (bad practices), be immorally fond of
    酗  xù OC: qhos MC: hi̯o 4 Attributions

    Xù 酗 is a rare archaic word referring to addiction to wine as expressed in action. [ARCHAIC], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 沈/ADDICTED Chén 沈 is occasionally used to refer to a person being excessively prone to vices of any kind including wine and women. [GENERAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • viactbe compulsively bad
    • vt+prep+Naddicted to (wine) 酗于酒
    • vtoNrare, SHU, weizi 1 and SJ: be excessively given to (wine)
    耽  dān OC: k-luum MC: təm 3 Attributions

    The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽/酖/湛. [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC]

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nhave completely fallen for (women, hunt etc)
    • vtoNstativebe inordinately fond of; have completely falled for
    流湎  liú miǎn OC: ru menʔ MC: lɨu miɛn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactindulge habitual overuse of alcohol
    酖  dān OC: k-luum MC: təm 1 Attribution

    The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽/酖/湛. [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC]

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe addicted to (wine) SHUOWEN: 樂酒也
    淫  yín MC: yim OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe addicted toCH
    醟  yòng OC: ɢʷeŋs MC: ɦɣaŋ 0 Attributions

    Yòng 醟 is a very rare word referring to excessive fondness of wine. [[RARE]] >>RARE

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpsychHANSHU: addicted to (wine)
    耽好  dān hào OC: k-luum qhuus MC: təm hɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNstativebe addicted to
    湛  dān OC: k-luum MC: təm 0 Attributions

    The most general word for a strong and permanent liking for alcohol and the like is dān 耽/酖/湛. [HIGH-DEGREE], [POETIC]

      Syntactic words
    • viarchaic, poetic: be steeped in pleasure; be steeped in