Chinese edit

drink alcoholic drink
trad. (飲酒)
simp. (饮酒)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (34) (13)
Final () (140) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'imX tsjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠiɪmX/ /t͡sɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚimX/ /t͡siuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiemX/ /t͡siəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔjimX/ /t͡suwX/
Li
Rong
/ʔjəmX/ /t͡siuX/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕmX/ /t͡sĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯əmX/ /t͡si̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǐn jiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jam2 zau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǐn jiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔimX › ‹ tsjuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*q(r)[u]mʔ/ /*tsuʔ/
English drink (v.) wine

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 6625 15554
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qrɯmʔ/ /*ʔsluʔ/
Notes

Verb edit

飲⫽酒 (verb-object)

  1. (formal or dialectal) to drink an alcoholic beverage
    未成年飲酒未成年饮酒  ―  wèichéngnián yǐnjiǔ  ―  underage drinking

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (飲酒):
  • Japanese: 飲酒(いんしゅ) (inshu)

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: 3
しゅ
Grade: 3
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
飮酒 (kyūjitai)

Appears to be a shift from older readings onju or onshu, swapping the older goon reading of on for for the newer kan'on reading of in.

First cited to the Taiheiki from the late 1300s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(いん)(しゅ) (inshu

  1. drinking alcohol
    飲酒(いんしゅ)運転(うんてん)犯罪(はんざい)です!
    Inshu unten wa hanzai desu!
    Drunk driving is a crime!
    (literally, “Drinking alcohol and driving is a crime!”)

Verb edit

(いん)(しゅ)する (inshu suruintransitive suru (stem (いん)(しゅ) (inshu shi), past (いん)(しゅ)した (inshu shita))

  1. to drink (consume alcoholic beverages)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
おん
Grade: 3
しゅ > じゅ
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
飮酒 (kyūjitai)

The earlier borrowing from Middle Chinese 飲酒 (MC 'imX tsjuwX), using the older goon reading of on for . The shu changes to ju as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Occasionally found in older works with the unvoiced reading onshu.[1]

First cited to the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [õ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝ]

Noun edit

(おん)(じゅ) (onju

  1. (archaic) drinking alcohol
Usage notes edit

The onju reading does not appear on its own in modern usage, but it does appear in certain compounds.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN