(yǐn)

to drink (formal)/beverage

How 飲 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
— human
Traditional
Simplified

Components

  • human
  • line
  • pig snout
  • second
  • dot
  • yawn

Common words using 飲

飲料 yǐnliào
drink; beverage
飲茶 yǐnchá
to have tea and refreshments; to have dimsum lunch (Cantonese)
飲食 yǐnshí
food and drink; diet
冷飲 lěngyǐn
cold drink
暢飲 chàngyǐn
to enjoy drinking
熱飲 rèyǐn
hot drink
痛飲 tòngyǐn
to drink one's fill
飲品 yǐnpǐn
beverage
飲水 yǐnshuǐ
drinking water
飲水機 yǐnshuǐjī
water dispenser; drinking fountain
飲用 yǐnyòng
drink; drinking or drinkable (water)
飲酒 yǐnjiǔ
to drink wine

飲 in a sentence

我想去買杯飲料。

Wǒ xiǎng qù mǎi bēi yǐnliào.

“I want to go buy a drink (beverage).”

How common is 飲?

飲 is the 1,567th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 飲

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