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飲

yǐn

drink; swallow; kind of drink

Strokes
12
Radical
食
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 饮

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 饮, the simplified form of 飲. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我要去饮马。

    Wǒ yào qù yìn mǎ

    I am going to water the horse.

  • 你们有什么冷饮?

    Nǐ men yǒu shén me lěng yǐn

    What cold drinks do you have?

  • 你只能喝从饮水器来的水。

    Nǐ zhǐ néng hē cóng yǐn shuǐ qì lái de shuǐ

    You can only drink water from the water dispenser.

  • 你最喜欢的饮料是什么?

    Nǐ zuì xǐ huan de yǐn liào shì shén me

    What's your favorite beverage?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 饮

  • 饮料yǐn liào 3–4 drink; beverage
  • 饮食yǐn shí 3–2 eating and drinking; food and drink; diet
  • 餐饮cān yǐn 1–3 food and beverage; catering; repast
  • 饮水yǐn shuǐ 3–3 → 2–3drinking water
  • 饮用水yǐn yòng shuǐ 3–4–3drinking water; potable water