热饮 (rè yǐn) — hot drinks, hot beverages

Definition

noun

hot drinkshot beverages

Measure word · 杯

热饮。
Dōng tiān wǒ xǐ huan hē rè yǐn.
In winter I like to drink hot beverages.
热饮。
Qǐng gěi wǒ liǎng bēi rè yǐn.
Please give me two hot drinks.
热饮。
Zhè jiā kā fēi diàn de rè yǐn zhǒng lèi hěn duō.
This coffee shop has a wide variety of hot drinks.

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.

饮yǐnbeverage

热 gives the temperature and 饮 the beverage, so the word means a drink that is hot.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

埶灬熱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

埶

埶yì熱rè

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

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.

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.

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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