檸水
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English
- lemonade
- lemon water, a common beverage in Hong Kong; lemon slices are added to water to impart lemon fragrance and acidity into the water, and then sugar is added to taste
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種飲料;喺水度加檸檬片,令水帶帶檸檬嘅香同酸,再加入糖嚟調味(量詞:杯)
Examples
爹哋嗰陣時成日都整呢種檸水俾你飲。
Dad used to always make this kind of lemonade for you.
每次叫親凍檸水,阿媽都問點解唔叫檸茶,話檸茶抵飲啲。
Whenever I order lemon iced water, my mum asks why I don't get lemon tea instead, saying it's more cost-effective.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk