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控

kòng · kong

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Meaning

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  1. to control
  2. to accuse
  3. to charge
  4. to sue
  5. to invert a container to empty it
  6. (suffix) (slang) buff
  7. enthusiast
  8. devotee
  9. -phile or -philia
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Phone addict?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)是不是(shìbùshì)手机(shǒujī)控(kòng)？一直(yīzhí)在(zài)看(kàn)手机(shǒujī)。

    Are you a phone addict? You keep looking at your phone.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)不是(bùshì)手机(shǒujī)控(kòng)，我(wǒ)是(shì)美食(měishí)控(kòng)。

    I am not a phone addict. I am a foodie.

  3. Liangliang

    美食(měishí)控(kòng)为什么(wèishénme)一直(yīzhí)看(kàn)手机(shǒujī)？

    Why does a foodie keep looking at the phone?

  4. Dengdeng

    因为(yīnwèi)我(wǒ)在(zài)找(zhǎo)新(xīn)的(de)火锅店(huǒguōdiàn)。

    Because I am looking for a new hotpot place.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)也(yě)是(shì)手机(shǒujī)控(kòng)！

    Then you are a phone addict too!

  6. Dengdeng

    好吧(hǎoba)，我(wǒ)是(shì)手机(shǒujī)控(kòng)加(jiā)美食(měishí)控(kòng)。

    Fine, I am both a phone addict and a foodie.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)些(xiē)家(jiā)伙(huo)都(dōu)是(shì)手(shǒu)机(jī)控(kòng)。

These guys are all part of the 'nomophobic' group.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by JimmyUK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)是(shì)个(gè)甜(tián)食(shí)控(kòng)，每(měi)天(tiān)都(dōu)要(yào)吃(chī)一(yí)块(kuài)蛋(dàn)糕(gāo)。

She's a sweets addict and has to eat a piece of cake every day.

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