饮 yǐn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 欠 to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
饮料
yǐnliào
drink
Characters in this word
料 liào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我想买饮料。 Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yǐnliào. I want to buy a drink.
- 这饮料很甜。 Zhè yǐnliào hěn tián. This drink is very sweet.
- 你要什么饮料？ Nǐ yào shénme yǐnliào? What drink do you want?