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飲
简 饮 · 繁 飲Characters in this entry
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3 · yin3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jam2 · jam3
Cantonese word readings for 飲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (literary or Cantonese, Hakka) to drink
- (Cantonese) to attend a banquet
- to swallow (tears); to nurse (grievance); to keep in the heart
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 隱 /隐 (“to hide; to conceal”)
- beverage; drink
- diet; food
- (dialectal Cantonese, including Taishanese, Yangjiang Yue; dialectal Gan; dialectal Hakka; Min) rice water
- (Xiamen, Zhangping and Taiwanese Hokkien) sticky and watery
character · Etymology 1
- to give (animals) water to drink; to water (animals)
- (Southwestern Mandarin) to water (plants)
- (literary) to wine and dine (someone); to entertain with alcohol and food
character · Etymology 2
- (Hokkien) alternative form of 啉 (lim, “to drink”)
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