酒令

jiǔlìng

noun #55,165

Meanings

1 drinking game
2 rules of a drinking game

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

我们边喝边行酒令。

Wǒmen biān hē biān xíng jiǔlìng.

We played drinking games while we drank.

HSK 5

他酒令输了，罚一杯。

Tā jiǔlìng shū le, fá yì bēi.

He lost the drinking game and had to down a cup.

Tips

culture

Classical 酒令 date back at least to the Tang and ranged from dice and finger-guessing (划拳) to literary games where players capped poetry lines. Modern banquet versions keep the dice and 划拳.

Stroke Order

酒 jiǔ

令 lìng