饮酒

飲酒
yǐnjiǔ
to drink wine

CEDICT

  1. (formal or dialectal) to drink alcohol
  2. to drink alcohol

Wiktionary

  1. 喝酒。
  2. 供饮用的酒。

重編國語辭典

饮用含有酒精的饮料

維基詞典

Examples

饮酒者不准禁入。

No drinkers allowed.

Source: Tatoeba

未满年龄饮酒是罪行。

Underage drinking is a crime.

Source: Tatoeba

在加拿大不满20岁饮酒不合法。

It's not legal for people under 20 to drink in Canada.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 饮 yǐn old variant of 饮 yǐn
=1 饮 yǐn to drink
2 酒 jiǔ
  1. wine (esp. rice wine)
  2. liquor
  3. spirits
  4. alcoholic beverage

classifiers: 杯, 瓶, 罐, 桶, 缸

Containing this entry

茹荤饮酒 rúhūnyǐnjiǔ to eat meat and drink wine
饮酒作乐 yǐnjiǔzuòlè
  1. drinking party
  2. to go on a binge
  3. to paint the town red
饮酒驾车 yǐnjiǔjiàchē drink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration)

Related entries

酌 zhuó
  1. to pour wine
  2. to drink wine
  3. to deliberate
  4. to consider