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

Lǎo Shànghǎirén bǎ qìshuǐ jiào hélánshuǐ.
Old Shanghainese called soda water 'helanshui'.
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 (qìshuǐ).

Stroke Order

lán
shuǐ