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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *用* | 用* | *用
to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喝* | 喝* | *喝
to drink / variant of
HSK 1
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
bar (place to buy drinks) / CL:
HSK 4
soda pop; carbonated soft drink
HSK 4
(drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL:
HSK 4
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
drink / beverage
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
beverage; drink
HSK 6
tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:
HSK 7-9
drinking water
HSK 7-9
heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess
HSK 7-9
unrestrained / cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping / to drink with abandon
HSK 7-9
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吧* | 吧* | *吧
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饮* | 饮* | *饮
to drink
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饮* | 饮* | *饮
to give (animals) water to drink
to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *巡* | 巡* | *巡
to patrol / to make one's rounds / classifier for rounds of drinks
drink / drinking or drinkable (water)
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
Red Bull (energy drink)
after drinking / under the influence of alcohol
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瓯* | 瓯* | *瓯
(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酌* | 酌* | *酌
to pour wine / to drink wine / to deliberate / to consider
beer; ale / (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
to sample; to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
to drink (alcohol)
to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啜* | 啜* | *啜
(literary) to drink / to sip / to sob
drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)
to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking
capacity for liquor / how much one can drink
Monster (energy drink)
fresh water / drinking water / clear water
strong alcoholic drink
Sprite (soft drink)
hot drink
to eat and drink unreasonably
to drink wine
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呷* | 呷* | *呷
to sip; to drink / Taiwan pr. [xia2]
to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party)
Fanta (soft drink brand) / Fender (guitar brand)
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
to drink a toast
food and drink / food to accompany wine
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
to drink along (with sb)
tea drink; tea-based beverage
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
drinking party / wine reception
(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach) / to coo (of a dove) / rumbling / noisy drinking sound
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飨* | 飨* | *飨
(literary) to offer food and drinks / to entertain
to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
drinking vessel / wine cup
drinking buddy
cold drink
7 Up (soft drink) / Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer
to have a few drinks / to drink to one's heart's content
drinking party with female entertainers
to urge sb to drink alcohol
to drink alone
to eat and drink / food and drink
magnanimity / tolerance / high capacity for drinking
to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast
to drink in excess
lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc)
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
elated / light and airy feeling (after a few drinks) / smug and conceited / complacent
to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures / life of debauchery
to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
to drink up / to finish (a drink)
food and drink
to drink one's fill
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party
wine-drinking game
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酡* | 酡* | *酡
flushed (from drinking)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *犒* | 犒* | *犒
to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
to visit a prostitute / (literary) to buy wine or drinks
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呫* | 呫* | *呫
to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
capacity for alcohol / ability to hold drink
banquet / dinner / drinking party / feast
wine jar / (dialect) drinking house
interest in wine / passion for drinking
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚃* | 嚃* | *嚃
(literary) to drink; to swallow
cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom); after a riotous drinking party
to drink excessively
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歠* | 歠* | *歠
(literary) to drink / to sip / gruel / soup
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侑* | 侑* | *侑
(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)

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