yǐn shuǐ

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Source form: 飲水 / 饮水
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to drink water / drinking water
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-098417eee3c48657. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

飲水 饮水 [yin3 shui3] /to drink water/drinking water/

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yìn shuǐ

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Source form: 飲水 / 饮水
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to give water (to animals)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-5f425367ef305b43. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

飲水 饮水 [yin4 shui3] /to give water (to animals)/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

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Other forms in these source records: 飲水

  • 饮
    yǐn

    to drink

    yìn

    to give (animals) water to drink

  • 水
    shuǐ

    water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment

    Shuǐ

    surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

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