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饮料

yǐn liào

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 飲料

饮料 (yǐn liào) means "drink". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 饮料 means

1. drink
2. beverage

The characters in 饮料

• 饮yǐnto drink
• 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain

Example sentences

• 饮料是免费的吗？
  Are drinks free?
• 我现在想点饮料。
  I would like to order drinks now.
• 我去弄饮料给你。
  I'm going to make you a drink.
• 我想喝点热的饮料。
  I want something hot to drink.
• 汤姆手里拿着饮料。
  Tom had a drink in his hand.
• 你喜欢喝什么饮料？
  What beverages do you like to drink?

Words containing 饮料

• 软饮料ruǎn yǐn liàosoft drink
• 功能饮料gōng néng yǐn liàofunctional beverage
• 能量饮料néng liàng yǐn liàoenergy drink
• 酒水饮料jiǔ shuǐ yǐn liàodrink (on a menu)
• 酒精饮料jiǔ jīng yǐn liàoalcoholic beverage
• 手摇饮料shǒu yáo yǐn liàohand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)

Where 饮料 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Food & flavors (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǐn liào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.