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饮用

yǐn yòng

2-character word Traditional 飲用

What 饮用 means

1. drink
2. drinking or drinkable (water)

The characters in 饮用

• 饮yǐnto drink
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 绿水不适合饮用。
  Green water is not good for drinking.
• 饮用水中的酸雨影响人类的健康。
  Yǐnyòngshuǐ zhōng de suānyǔ yǐngxiǎng rénlèi de jiànkāng.
  Acid rain in drinking water affects human health.
• 欧洲人每年平均饮用十二点五公升的纯酒精。
  ōuzhōurén měinián píngjūn yǐnyòng shí'èr diǎn wǔ gōngshēng de chún jiǔjīng.
  Europeans drink, on average, 12.5 liters of pure alcohol per year.

Words starting with 饮用

• 饮用水yǐn yòng shuǐdrinking water; potable water

Sounds the same

Read yǐn yòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 引用to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference