DRINK  喝飲

EAT LIQUID.
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Hypernym
  • EATPUT into one's MOUTH so as to SWALLOW.
    • PUTDISPLACE IN ORDER TO CAUSE TO BE-IN a PLACE.
Hyponym
  • DRUNK　DRINK EXCESSIVELY MUCH LIQUOR so as to BECOME INTOXICATED.
    • SUCK　SEEM to DRINK by CAUSING to ENTER ONE'S MOUTH by BREATHING IN.
    • TOAST　DRINK TOGETHER with OTHERS AND SAY that one CONGRATULATES someone OR CELEBRATES SOMETHING.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The dominant word for imbibing any liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic is yǐn 飲.

      2. Shāng 觴 "to poculate, to drink on formal occasions" is a highly formal word referring always to the festive consumption of alcohol.

      3. Jiào 釂 is a very rare formal word for drinking alcohol.

      4. Chuò 啜 refers to slurping noisily and with gastronomic appreciation..

      5. Xī 吸 refers to quiet sipping of any liquids.

      6. Shòu 壽 refers specifically to drinking the health of an honoured person in his presence, and this involves consumption of alcohol.

      7. Chuò 歠 is a poetic word for drinking alcohol.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      FOOD 8. 進食液體物。

      飲，通稱。

      啜，帶品味地小口吸飲。

      吸，對密度較小的液體用力急飲。

      吮，用力從他物中持續吸飲。

      呷，吸飲，中古出現的口語詞。

      歃，盟會時飲牲血。

      喝，元代口語，後成為口語中吸飲的通稱。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      喝

      飲

      呷

      啜

      喝酒

      飲用

      啜 / 歃

      啜

      啜飲

      啐

      吸 refers to sucking or sipping in and is marginal in the series.

      一口飲干

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 5.13

      • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 474©

        BIBERE ore hasto potu interiora humectare. Si guttim, dicitur Sugere (pitissare). si infusim, Potare; si attractu spiritus, Sorbere; si lingua exserta, lambere.

      • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 206

        74. In Codice Regiovaticano 1838, in quo Differentiae aliquando copiosiores sunt, quam in Excusis, id ita refertur: Inter bibere et potare: bibimus necessitate, potamus voluntate; alii dicunt: Bibere naturae est, potare luxuriae. [AREV.]

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        74. Inter Bibere et potare. Bibere naturae est, potare luxuriae.

      • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

        DRINK

        bibere refers to drinking in the style of a human.

        potare refers to drinking in the style of a beast.

      • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 109 and 278

      • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

      • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

        bibo, -ere 'to drink' [v. Ill; pf. bibl, ppp. bibitum] (Andr.+)

        Derivatives: bibosus 'addicted to drink' (Lab.+), bibulus 'fond of drinking,

        absorbent' (Lucr.+); adbibere 'to drink in' (P1.+), combibere 'to absorb' (Cato+),

        combibo 'drinking-companion' (Lucil.+), ebibere 'to drink up, swallow' (P1-+),

        perbibere 'to drink deeply, absorb' (P1.+).

      Words

      飲  yǐn OC: qrɯmʔ MC: ʔim 59 AttributionsWD

      The dominant word for imbibing any liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic is yǐn 飲.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 食/EAT The general word is shí 食 which refers to any form of taking in food, but the word is probably primarily a noun meaning "food". Cf. 飯疏食 "dine on coarse food".
      • Relat: 酒/LIQUOR
      • Oppos: 膳/DELICACY Shàn 膳, yáo 肴/餚/殽, zhēn 珍, wèi 味, xiū 饈/羞 all refer generally to delicacies.
      • Oppos: 食/FOOD The general term for food is shí 食 and this includes food as well as drink and can refer generally to one's livelihood, also to staple foods as opposed to delicacies involving meat, such as kuài 膾 "minced meat, raw".
      • Oppos: 飯/EAT Fàn 飯 is to dine on some basic foodstuff, and the word is secondarily a noun meaning "foodstuff, staple food".

        Syntactic words
      • nabactdrinking
      • nmbeverage, drinkable liquid
      • vadNdesigned for drinking
      • viactpropose a toast [CHANGE SYNONYM GROUP TO "GREET, SALUTE"]
      • vt(oN)drink the contextually determinate Nm; drink from Nm
      • vt(oNm)drink the Nm (e.g. not: drink wine, but: drink the wine in question)CH
      • vt+prep+Ndrink from
      • vt[oN]drink alcohol
      • vt[oN]inchoativestart to drink wineDS
      • vtoNdrink; drink from
      • vtoNcausativeserve wine to a contextually determinate person
      • vtoNcausativepassive or middle voice: be drunk toCH
      • vtoNfigurative(figuratively) drink> be exposed to 飲恨
      酒  jiǔ OC: skluʔ MC: tsɨu 7 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nabactthe drinking of a toast, a toast; the consumption of wine; wine-drinking
      • vt[oN]poculate, drink wine
      • vtoNdrink
      啜  chuò OC: thjod MC: tɕhiɛt 5 AttributionsWD

      Chuò 啜 refers to slurping noisily and with gastronomic appreciation.

        Syntactic words
      • vt+prep+Ndrink from
      • vt[oN]slurp; drink
      • vtoNslurp, sip unceremoniously; MENG 4A25: have something (not necessarily anything distinguished) to drink to quell one's thirst
      喫  chī OC: kheeɡ MC: khek 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt(oN)drink (a contextually determinate N)
      • vtoNdrink
      觴  shāng OC: lʰaŋ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ 4 AttributionsWD

      Shāng 觴 "to poculate, to drink on formal occasions" is a highly formal word referring always to the festive consumption of alcohol.

        Syntactic words
      • vt[oN]poculate; drink alcohol
      • vtoNtreat to a drinking party; regale with food and wine
      歠  chuò OC: thjod MC: tɕhiɛt 3 AttributionsWD

      Chuò 歠 is a poetic word for drinking alcohol.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNto drink; swill
      吸  xī OC: hŋrɯb MC: hip 2 AttributionsWD

      Xī 吸 refers to quiet sipping of any liquids.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNpoetic: suck in, sip carefully
      飲醉  yǐn zuì OC: qrɯmʔ skuds MC: ʔim tsi 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiresultativedrink oneself drunk
      啐  cuì OC: skhuuds MC: tshuo̝i 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNsip, drink; taste
      嚃  tà OC: kh-luub MC: thəp 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNto drink; gulp down
      酳  yìn OC: lins MC: jin 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt[oN]to sip; to drink; to rinse to mouth with wine
      釂  jiào OC: tsewɡs MC: tsiɛu 1 AttributionWD

      Jiào 釂 is a very rare formal word for drinking alcohol.

        Syntactic words
      • viactdrink up alcohol
      食  shí OC: ɢljɯɡ MC: ʑɨk 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNdrink; metaphorically: absorb liquid
      • vtt[oN1] prep N2suck [milk] at N2DS
      嚽  chuo4 MC: -- OC: --LZ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoN= 啜: to slurpLZ
      乳  rǔ OC: njoʔ MC: ȵi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt[oN]suckle milk (from mother's breast)
      呷  xiā OC: qhraab MC: hɣap 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNsip
      壽  shòu OC: djuʔ MC: dʑɨu 0 AttributionsWD

      Shòu 壽 refers specifically to drinking the health of an honoured person in his presence, and this involves consumption of alcohol.

        Syntactic words
      歃  shà OC: sqreeb MC: ʂɣɛp 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNdrink a small amount of sacrificial blood as part of a ceremony for a formal contract
      禨  jì OC: kɯls MC: kɨi 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nmLIJI, acc to Zheng Xuan: stimulating drink after a bath
      飮  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
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      酒闌  jiǔ lán OC: skluʔ ɡ-raan MC: tsɨu lɑn 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiactdrink until the wine runs out; have drunk to one's satisfaction; have drunk enough alcohol

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