沙士

shāshì

noun #51,847

Measure Word

一瓶沙士 píng

Meanings

1 sarsaparilla (soft drink, loanword)
2 (Hong Kong) SARS (disease, loanword)

Characters

sand (phonetic: sa-)

scholar (phonetic: -s)

Examples

台湾的黑松沙士是我小时候的回忆。

Táiwān de Hēisōng Shāshì shì wǒ xiǎoshíhou de huíyì.

Taiwan's Hey Song Sarsaparilla is a memory from my childhood.

沙士加盐据说可以治喉咙痛。

Shāshì jiā yán jùshuō kěyǐ zhì hóulóng tòng.

Sarsaparilla with salt is said to cure a sore throat.

Tips

culture

Iconic Taiwanese carbonated soft drink — dark, root-beer-like, flavored with sarsaparilla and Chinese herbs. Hey Song 黑松 has made it since 1950. A Taiwanese folk remedy: add a pinch of salt to a warm 沙士 for a sore throat. In Hong Kong usage the same characters can also abbreviate SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) — disambiguate by context.

Stroke Order

沙 shā

士 shì