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饮

yǐn

HSK 3 Character Traditional 飲

What 饮 means

1. to drink

Other readings

饮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yìnto give (animals) water to drink
• yǐnold variant of {饮|yǐn}

Example sentences

• 冷饮更佳。
  Best served chilled.
• 我想喝冷饮。
  Wǒ xiǎng hē lěngyǐn.
  I want something cold to drink.
• 我要去饮马。
  I am going to water the horse.
• 喝点冷饮怎样？
  Hē diǎn lěngyǐn zěnyàng?
  How about something cold to drink?
• 我想喝点冷饮。
  I want something cold to drink.
• 他想喝些冷饮。
  He wants something cold to drink.

Words starting with 饮

• 饮料yǐn liàodrink; beverage
• 饮食yǐn shíeating and drinking; food and drink; diet
• 饮酒yǐn jiǔto drink wine
• 饮用yǐn yòngdrink; drinking or drinkable (water)
• 饮水yǐn shuǐto drink water; drinking water
• 饮茶yǐn cháto drink tea; (Cantonese) to have tea and dim sum
• 饮用水yǐn yòng shuǐdrinking water; potable water
• 饮品yǐn pǐnbeverage
• 饮弹yǐn dànto shoot oneself
• 饮水器yǐn shuǐ qìwater dispenser
• 饮水机yǐn shuǐ jīwater dispenser; water cooler; drinking fountain
• 饮水思源yǐn shuǐ sī yuánlit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom)…
• 饮流怀源yǐn liú huái yuánlit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom)…
• 饮酒作乐yǐn jiǔ zuò lèdrinking party; to go on a binge; to paint the town red
• 饮食疗养yǐn shí liáo yǎngdiet
• 饮酒驾车yǐn jiǔ jià chēdrink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration)
• 饮恨yǐn hènto nurse a grievance; to harbor a grudge
• 饮恨吞声yǐn hèn tūn shēngto harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
• 饮宴yǐn yànbanquet; dinner; drinking party
• 饮泣yǐn qì(literary) to weep in silence
• 饮鸩止渴yǐn zhèn zhǐ kělit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)…

Words containing 饮

• 餐饮cān yǐnfood and beverage; catering; repast
• 冷饮lěng yǐncold drink
• 一饮而尽yī yǐn ér jìnto drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
• 餐饮业cān yǐn yèfood service industry; catering industry
• 畅饮chàng yǐnto have a few drinks; to drink to one's heart's content
• 痛饮tòng yǐnto drink one's fill
• 冰饮bīng yǐniced drink
• 热饮rè yǐnhot drink
• 留饮liú yǐn(TCM) edema; dropsy
• 聚饮jù yǐnto gather for drinks
• 试饮shì yǐnto taste (wine etc)
• 软饮ruǎn yǐnsoft drink
• 软饮料ruǎn yǐn liàosoft drink
• 餐饮店cān yǐn diàndining room; restaurant
• 功能饮料gōng néng yǐn liàofunctional beverage
• 暴饮暴食bào yǐn bào shíto eat and drink unreasonably
• 纸包饮品zhǐ bāo yǐn pǐnjuice box; drink in a carton; Tetra Pak drink
• 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
• 牛饮niú yǐngulp
• 茶饮chá yǐntea drink; tea-based beverage
• 狂饮kuáng yǐnto drink hard
• 狂饮暴食kuáng yǐn bào shí(idiom) to eat and drink to excess

Characters built on 欠

These share the phonetic component 欠 (qiàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 欣xīnhappy
• 钦qīnto respect; to admire; to venerate
• 歆xīnpleased; moved

Characters that look like 饮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 牧mùto herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide
• 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
• 佽cìnimble; to help

Sounds the same

Read yǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 引to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 隐(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
• 瘾addiction; craving
• 尹(literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect…
• 殷roll of thunder
• 听smile (archaic)
• 蚓used in 蚯蚓
• 吲used in 吲哚
• 廴"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc
• 檃tool used for shaping wood (old)
• 櫽tool used for shaping wood (old); old variant of 檃
• 磤(onomatopoeia) sound of thunder