啉 (lín) - To drink & also used in transliterations and certain dialectal expressions.

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啉 · lín

To drink;

also used in transliterations and certain dialectal expressions.

To drinkalso used in transliterations and certain dialectal expressions.

Usage highlights

To drink alcoholTo drink teaTo drink waterMorpholineDrinking partyDrink up

Synonyms

  • 饮— to drink (more standard literary term)
  • 喝— to drink (most common in modern standard Chinese)

Antonyms

  • 吐— to vomit (opposite of consuming liquid)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Let's go drink alcohol (饮酒啉酒).
  • He drank a cup of tea (啉一杯茶).
  • This term is used in Min and Hakka dialects (闽南语啉酒).
  • The chemical term 'morpholine' is transliterated as 吗啉 (吗啉).

Collocations

  • To drink alcohol(啉酒)
  • To drink tea(啉茶)
  • To drink water(啉水)
  • Morpholine(吗啉)
  • Drinking party(啉酒会)
  • Drink up(啉完)

Idioms

  • Drink to one's heart's content(开怀畅啉)
  • Drink and make merry(饮酒啉乐)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Primarily used in Min Nan, Hakka, and other southern Chinese dialects for 'to drink'.
  • In modern standard Chinese, more commonly appears in chemical terminology like 吗啉 (morpholine).
  • Reflects linguistic diversity in China where dialectal words sometimes enter specialized usage.

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