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酗酒

xù jiǔ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

酗酒 (xù jiǔ) means "heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 酗酒 means

1. heavy drinking
2. to get drunk
3. to drink to excess

The characters in 酗酒

• 酗xùdrunk
• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits

Example sentences

• 酗酒是导致阳痿的一个因素。
  Xùjiǔ shì dǎozhì yángwěi de yī gè yīnsù.
  Excessive drinking is one of the causes of impotence.
• 严禁卖淫嫖娼，赌博，吸毒，酗酒滋事等违法犯罪活动！
  Yánjìn màiyín piáochāng, dǔbó, xīdú, xùjiǔzīshì děng wéifǎ fànzuì huódòng!
  Prostitution, gambling, the use of narcotic substances, drunkenness, disorder, and all other illegal activities are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

Words starting with 酗酒

• 酗酒滋事xù jiǔ zī shìdrunken fighting; to get drunk and quarrel

Where 酗酒 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–xù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xù jiǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.