冷饮 (lěng yǐn) — cold drink | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cold drink

Measure word · 杯

Examples

冷饮。
Xià tiān de shí hou wǒ hěn xǐ huan hē lěng yǐn.
I really like drinking cold drinks in summer.
冷饮。
Zhè jiā diàn de lěng yǐn zhǒng lèi fēi cháng duō.
This shop has a very wide variety of cold drinks.
冷饮，。
Tā mǎi le liǎng bēi lěng yǐn, yì bēi gěi wǒ.
He bought two cold drinks, one for me.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

冷 “cold” describes 饮 “drink”, giving cold drinks.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

冫令冷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīngice

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng冷lěng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冷 uses 冫, the ice form, with 令 as a sound part, to mean cold as ice.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飲; 饮 is its simplified writing.

酉酉yǒubottle (of alcoholic beverages)
人人rénperson
口口kǒumouth (occasionally with the tongue protruding)

The traditional form 飲 drew a person bending over a bottle to drink, with a mouth and droplets; this picture is about 飲, not the simplified 饮.

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