粵

沙saa1士si2

saa1 si2shā shì

English

  1. (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink)
  2. Sarsae; Sarsi; a soft drink
  3. (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
  4. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種汽水,係英語 Sarsae 嘅音譯
  2. 即係嚴重急性呼吸道症候群,喺香港爆發過嘅一場疫症,死咗接近 300 個人

Examples

  • 沙士真係好鬼難飲。

    Sarsae has a really bad taste. ----

  • 而家諗返起沙士都好驚。

    The fear is still in me when we talk about SARS now.

  • 麥根沙士可算係一種經典嘅美式碳酸飲品。

    Root beer is considered a classic American carbonated soft drink.

    Tatoeba · cc_neko CC BY

  • 麥根沙士被視為一種經典的美式碳酸飲品。

    Root beer is considered a classic American carbonated soft drink.

    Tatoeba · cc_neko CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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