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
饮用水
yǐnyòngshuǐ
drinking water
Characters in this word
用 yòng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 用 — to use, to employ, to apply
- Made of
- ⺆ frame 𰀁 hook
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 受灾地区最需要的是安全饮用水和基本药品。 Shòuzāi dìqū zuì xūyào de shì ānquán yǐnyòngshuǐ hé jīběn yàopǐn. What the disaster-hit area needs most is safe drinking water and basic medicine.
- 登山时要带足够的饮用水。 Dēngshān shí yào dài zúgòu de yǐnyòngshuǐ. When climbing a mountain you need to bring enough drinking water.
- 这里的自来水不能直接当饮用水。 Zhèlǐ de zìláishuǐ bù néng zhíjiē dàng yǐnyòngshuǐ. The tap water here cannot be used directly as drinking water.