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饮
飲
yǐn
1. to drink
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

饮
yǐn
to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

冷饮
lěngyǐn
cold drink
啜饮
chuòyǐn
to sip
宴饮
yànyǐn
to wine and dine
卺饮
jǐnyǐn
to share nuptial cup
掬饮
jūyǐn
to drink water by scooping it up with both hands
畅饮
chàngyǐn
to enjoy drinking
热饮
rèyǐn
hot drink
牛饮
niúyǐn
gulp
狂饮
kuángyǐn
to drink hard
留饮
liúyǐn
edema (accumulation of interstitial fluids in internal organs)
痛饮
tòngyǐn
to drink one's fill
聚饮
jùyǐn
to meet for social drinking
试饮
shìyǐn
to taste (wine etc)
软饮
ruǎnyǐn
soft drink
酣饮
hānyǐn
to drink one's fill
饮品
yǐnpǐn
beverage
饮宴
yǐnyàn
banquet
饮恨
yǐnhèn
to nurse a grievance
饮料
yǐnliào
drink
HSK 3
饮水
yǐnshuǐ
drinking water

Alternate Entries

饮
yǐn
old variant of [[飲|饮<yǐn>]]
饮
yìn
to give (animals) water to drink

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,568
Word Frequency Rank
2,155 of 84,292