荷兰水

荷蘭水
hélánshuǐ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 soda water (old term, literally 'Dutch water')
  2. 2 fizzy drink

Examples

HSK 4
Lǎo Shànghǎi rén bǎ qìshuǐ jiào hélánshuǐ.
Old Shanghainese called soda water 'helanshui'.
HSK 5
Yéye xiǎoshíhòu ǒu'ěr néng hē yì píng hélánshuǐ.
When Grandpa was small, he could occasionally drink a bottle of soda.

Tips

history
An early-20th-century name for carbonated drinks. The term came from the late Qing period, when fizzy water was thought to have been introduced via Dutch traders; the modern term is 汽水.

Stroke Order

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