飲料

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See also: 飮料 and 饮料

Chinese

drink
 
material; stuff; grain
material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (飲料)
simp. (饮料)
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Noun

飲料

  1. beverage; drink
    酒精飲料酒精饮料  ―  jiǔjīng yǐnliào  ―  alcoholic beverage
    不准食品飲料 [MSC, trad.]
    不准食品饮料 [MSC, simp.]
    Bùzhǔn dài rù shípǐn hé yǐnliào.
    No food or drinks inside.
    這裡一些飲料隨便 [MSC, trad.]
    这里一些饮料随便 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhèlǐ yǒu yīxiē yǐnliào, suíbiàn xuǎn.
    Here are some drinks, take your pick.
    居然沒有客人準備飲料瓜子茶葉 [MSC, trad.]
    居然没有客人准备饮料瓜子茶叶 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jūrán méiyǒu gěi kèrén zhǔnbèi yān, jiǔ, yǐnliào, táng, guāzǐ huò cháyè.
    Unexpectedly, he hadn't prepared cigarettes, liquor or other beverages, sweets, melon seeds, or tea for the guests.

Usage notes

  • In Cantonese, the nasal consonant for 尿 may be weaken such that it sounds the same as 飲尿饮尿 (“to drink urine”), so 飲品饮品 or 嘢飲嘢饮 are used instead.
  • In Mandarin, 飲料饮料 (yǐnliào) often denotes a non-alcoholic drink, especially when used with (jiǔ, “alcohol”), for example:
喝酒還是飲料?/喝酒还是饮料 (Nǐ hējiǔ háishì yǐnliào?, “Would you like an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink?”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: 3
りょう
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
飮料 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(いん)(りょう) (inryō

  1. drink; beverage

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Korean

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Noun

飲料 (eumnyo) (hangeul 음료)

  1. Hanja form? of 음료 (drink; beverage).