饮料
HSK 3 (exam 2025)Old HSK 3
饮料 (yǐnliào) · drink
饮料 (yǐnliào) means “drink; beverage”. It is written with 2 characters: 饮 (to swallow) + 料 (ingredients). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 饮料 is built
The characters
饮 yǐn · to swallow
What 饮 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 欠qiàn — to lack
- ⺈ — top shape
- 人rén — person
料 liào · ingredients
What 料 is made of
- 米mǐ — rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 斗dòu — to struggle
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A hand measuring 斗 a cup of rice 米 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你想喝什么饮料？Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme yǐnliào?What would you like to drink?
孩子不要喝太多饮料。Háizi bùyào hē tài duō yǐnliào.Children shouldn't drink too many soft drinks.
Questions about 饮料
What does 饮料 mean?
饮料 (yǐnliào) means “drink; beverage”.
How do you pronounce 饮料?
饮料 is pronounced yǐnliào.
Which HSK level is 饮料?
饮料 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 饮食yǐnshídiet
- 材料cáiliàomaterial
- 燃料ránliàofuel
- 塑料sùliàoplastic
- 塑料袋sùliàodàiplastic bag
- 原料yuánliàoraw material
- 资料zīliàomaterial
- 不料bùliàounexpectedly
- 调料tiáoliàoseasoning
- 意料yìliàoto expect
Learn 饮料 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 3 · Group 27: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.