嘢飲

嘢飲

Chinese

		(Cantonese) thing	drink
trad. (嘢飲)		嘢	飲
simp. (嘢饮)		嘢	饮

Etymology

Rebracketing of the construction “‹verb› + 嘢飲” (“‹verb› something to drink”).[1]

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ jam²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ jam²
    • Yale: yéh yám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ jam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ yem²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ jɐm³⁵/

Noun

嘢飲

1. (Cantonese) drink

Synonyms

• 飲料／饮料 (yǐnliào)
• 飲品／饮品 (yǐnpǐn)

Related terms

• 嘢食 (“food”)

References

1. 香港城市大學：香港粵語的「嘢食」和「嘢飲」——兩個經「重新分析」而成的名詞