苏打水

蘇打水

sūdáshuǐ

noun

Measure Word

一瓶苏打水 píng

Meanings

1 soda water
2 carbonated water
3 sparkling water

Characters

(transliteration: 'so-')

(transliteration: '-da')

Examples

请给我一瓶苏打水，加冰。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yī píng sūdáshuǐ, jiā bīng.

Please give me a bottle of soda water with ice.

她不喝可乐，只喝苏打水。

Tā bù hē kělè, zhǐ hē sūdáshuǐ.

She doesn't drink cola — only soda water.

Tips

memory

苏打 is a transliteration of 'soda' (from sodium carbonate). 苏打水 is unsweetened sparkling water; for the soft drink 'soda pop' Chinese uses 汽水 (qìshuǐ) instead — don't mix them up when ordering.

Stroke Order

苏 sū

打 dǎ

水 shuǐ