Writing
饮料 (yǐnliào) — how to say "drink" in Chinese
饮料
Drink, beverage
noun
Character composition
饮
to drink
料
material
Radicals / Keys
斗
Dipper
#68 · dǒu · 4 strokes
食
Eat
#184 · shí · 9 strokes
Collocations
买饮料
mǎi yǐnliào
buy a drink
喝饮料
hē yǐnliào
drink a beverage
Examples
超市的饮料区有很多选择。
The drink section in the supermarket has many choices.
你想喝什么饮料？
What drink do you want?
Mnemonic
[yǐnliào-] Yeti Leo is trekking through the mountains and discovers a giant cup labeled 饮料 "drink" 🥤. Excited, Yeti Leo thinks it's made of a special "material" that never runs out and eagerly decides to drink from it. As he takes a sip, he notices the cup magically replenishes itself with a rainbow of beverages!
Frequently asked questions
How do you say "drink" in Chinese?
"drink" in Chinese is 饮料 (yǐnliào).
饮料 meaning in English
饮料 (yǐnliào) means "Drink, beverage".
Drink in Chinese pinyin
It is pronounced yǐnliào (written as yinliao). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "drink" in Chinese characters?
It is written 饮料: 饮 has 7 strokes, 料 has 10 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 饮料?
饮料 belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary list.
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Grammar with 饮料
不 — might as well, no reason not to
不 (bù) + Verb + 白 (bái) + 不 (bù) + Verb
超 — prefix super-, multi-, anti-, non-
超 (chāo) / 多 (duō) / 反 (fǎn) / 无 (wú) / 亚 (yà) / 准 (zhǔn) + Stem
要有 — “whatever you need, it’s there”
要 (yào) + X + 有 (yǒu) + X, 要 (yào) + Y + 有 (yǒu) + Y / 要 (yào) + X + 没 (méi) + X, 要 (yào) + Y + 没 (méi) + Y