香波

xiāngbō
noun #22,650

Measure Word

香波 píng

Meanings

  1. 1 shampoo (loanword)
  2. 2 champagne (older transliteration)

Examples

Tā zài chāoshì mǎi le yī píng xiāngbō.
She bought a bottle of shampoo at the supermarket.
Zhè kuǎn xiāngbō shìhé gān xìng fàzhì.
This shampoo is suitable for dry hair.

Tips

usage
香波 is a loanword from English 'shampoo.' The more common modern term is or . 香波 is now somewhat dated but still understood. It was also historically used for champagne (香槟 is now standard for that).
memory
means fragrant and means wave — a wave of fragrance! A vivid way to picture shampoo lathering through your hair.

Stroke Order

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