饮 (yǐn) means A drink. Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
饮 食要有节制。
Yǐnshí yào yǒu jiézhì.
One should be moderate in eating and drinking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 节制
冰箱里没有 饮 料了。
Bīngxiāng lǐ méiyǒu yǐnliào le.
There are no drinks left in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 冰箱
冰箱里有很多 饮 料。
Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō yǐnliào.
There are plenty of drinks in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 饮料
健康的 饮 食很重要。
Jiànkāng de yǐnshí hěn zhòngyào.
A healthy diet is important.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饮食
商店里有很多种 饮 料。
Shāngdiàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng yǐnliào.
The shop has many kinds of drinks.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 种
饮 食要注意荤素搭配。
Yǐnshí yào zhùyì hūn sù dāpèi.
In one's diet, meat and vegetables should be properly balanced.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 搭配
南北方的 饮 食差别非常明显。
Nán běi fāng de yǐnshí chābié fēicháng míngxiǎn.
The difference between northern and southern food is very marked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 差别
南北方的 饮 食习惯差别很大。
Nán běi fāng de yǐnshí xíguàn chābié hěn dà.
Eating habits differ greatly between north and south.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饮食
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Words that contain 饮
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Questions about 饮
How is 饮 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 饮 (yǐn, "A drink"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 饮 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 饮 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 饮?
The dictionary page for 饮 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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