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飲
飲
Translingual
Han character
飲 (radical 184 食+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓人 (OINO), four-corner 87782, composition ⿰飠欠)
See also
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 1417, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44063
- Dae Jaweon: page 1941, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4445, character 7
- Unihan data for U+98F2
Chinese
| trad. | 飲 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 饮 | |
| alt. forms | 㱃 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 飲
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (今) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 貪 | *kʰluːm' |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | *qrɯm |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms) : semantic 飠 + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
- Wade-Giles: yin3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
- IPA (key): /in²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jam2
- Yale: yám
- Cantonese Pinyin: jam2
- IPA (key): /jɐm³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ím
- Tâi-lô: ím
- Phofsit Daibuun: iem
- IPA (Quanzhou): /im⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /im⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /im⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ám
- Tâi-lô: ám
- Phofsit Daibuun: arm
- IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /am⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁵³/
- Note: ím - literary; ám - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: in (T2)
- IPA (key): /ɪɲ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 飲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 於錦切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiɪmX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚimX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiemX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔjimX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔjəmX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭĕmX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯əmX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǐn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 飲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yǐn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔimX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*q(r)[u]mʔ/ |
| English | drink (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 飲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 6625 |
| Phonetic component |
今 |
| Rime group |
侵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
㱃 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qrɯmʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文作酓欠 |
Definitions
飲
- (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to drink
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- 以椒、姜、桂和烹而飲之 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 以椒、姜、桂和烹而饮之 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7
- yǐ jiāo, jiāng, guì hé pēng ér yǐn zhī [Pinyin]
- ...use pepper, ginger or tumeric, and cinnamon (ie. Cinnamomum cassia) to boil as a drink.
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- 頸渴就飲水啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- 颈渴就饮水啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- Geng2 hot3 zau6jam2 seoi2 laa1. [Jyutping]
- Drink water if you get thirsty.
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- to swallow (tears); to nurse (grievance); to keep in the heart
- Alternative form of 隱／隐 (yǐn, “to hide; to conceal”).
- beverage; drink
- diet; food
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 喝 (“to drink”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 飲 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 喝 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 喝 |
| Taiwan | 喝 | |
| Jinan | 喝 | |
| Xi'an | 喝 | |
| Wuhan | 喝、呵、汩 | |
| Chengdu | 吃、呵 | |
| Yangzhou | 喝、吃 | |
| Hefei | 喝 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 飲、呷 |
| Hong Kong | 飲、呷 | |
| Taishan | 飲 | |
| Yangjiang | 呷、吃 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 喫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食、啜 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食、啉、飲 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 食、啉、飲 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 食、啉、飲 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 食、啉、飲 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 食、啉、飲 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 啉、食 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 喝 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 啜、食 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 啜 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 啉、食、哈 |
| Xiamen | 啉、食、哈 | |
| Zhangzhou | 啉、食 | |
| Taipei | 啉 | |
| Kaohsiung | 啉 | |
| Tainan | 啉、呵、食、灌 | |
| Taichung | 啉 | |
| Yilan | 啉、呵、食 | |
| Lukang | 啉 | |
| Sanxia | 啉 | |
| Kinmen | 啉 | |
| Magong | 食、啉 | |
| Hsinchu | 啉、哈 | |
| Malaysia | 啉 | |
| Chaozhou | 食、啉 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吃、呷、呼 |
| Wenzhou | 呷、吃 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吃 |
| Shuangfeng | 吃、呵 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 飲
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: yin4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinn
- IPA (key): /in⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jam3
- Yale: yam
- Cantonese Pinyin: jam3
- IPA (key): /jɐm³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 飲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 於禁切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiɪmH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚimH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiemH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔjimH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔjəmH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭĕmH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯əmH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yìn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 飲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yìn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔimH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*q(r)[ə]mʔ-s/ |
| English | give to drink |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 飲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 6626 |
| Phonetic component |
今 |
| Rime group |
侵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
蔭 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qrɯms/ |
| Notes | 同㱃 |
Definitions
飲
- † to give (animals) water to drink; to water (animals)
- † to wine and dine; to entertain with alcohol and food
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
飲
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 飮)
- to drink, consume
- to overwhelm
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
飲 • (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune-Reischauer ŭm, Yale um)
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Vietnamese
Han character
飲 (ẩm, ỡm, hẩm)
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