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飲水

简饮水 · 繁飲水

Mandarin · pinyin yǐn shuǐ#

to drink water
drinking water

Mandarin · pinyin yìn shuǐ#

to give water (to animals)

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飲: Look up this written character
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
饮: yǐn · drink; swallow; kind of drink

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3–3 · yin3 shui3

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noun

drinking water; potable water

verb

(literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to drink water

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