嘢飲

Chinese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ jam²

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

Noun

嘢飲

(chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese) beverage; drink

Synonyms

水 (shuǐ) (Malaysia, Singapore)
茶水 (cháshuǐ)
茶湯／茶汤 (chátāng) (literary)
酒水 (jiǔshuǐ)
飲品／饮品 (yǐnpǐn)
飲料／饮料 (yǐnliào)

Related terms

嘢食 (“food”)

References

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

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