饮酒 meaning in English

yǐnjiǔ

to drink wine

Traditional 飲酒17 strokes

Meaning of 饮酒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǐnjiǔ
  1. to drink wine

饮酒 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

未wèi满mǎn年nián龄líng饮yǐn酒jiǔ是shì罪zuì行xíng。
Underage drinking is a crime.
饮yǐn酒jiǔ者zhě不bù准zhǔn禁jìn入rù。
No drinkers allowed.
在zài加jiā拿ná大dà不bù满mǎn20岁suì饮yǐn酒jiǔ不bù合hé法fǎ。
It's not legal for people under 20 to drink in Canada.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

饮 yǐn · to swallow · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7

酒 jiǔ · wine · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 饮酒.

酒店jiǔdiànwine shop; pub (public house)
啤酒píjiǔbeer (loanword)
红酒hóngjiǔred wine
酒吧jiǔbābar (place to buy drinks)
饮料yǐnliàodrink; beverage
酒鬼jiǔguǐdrunkard
葡萄酒pútaojiǔ(grape) wine
饮食yǐnshíeating and drinking; food and drink; diet
白酒báijiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2
餐饮cānyǐnfood and beverage; catering
酒水jiǔshuǐalcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)
酒精jiǔjīng(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol

Questions about 饮酒

What does 饮酒 mean?

饮酒 (yǐnjiǔ) means "to drink wine".

How do you write 饮酒?

饮酒 is made of 2 characters: 饮 (7 strokes), 酒 (10 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

How is 饮酒 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 饮酒 is written 飲酒.