糖水 (Táng shuǐ) — a sweet soup or dessert (Cantonese-style; made with beans, fruit, sago, etc.)
Definition
糖水 (tángshuǐ) is a Cantonese dessert soup of beans, fruit, or sago simmered in sweet water — eaten as a snack or after a meal, not drunk as a beverage.
noun
a sweet soup or dessert (Cantonese-style; made with beans, fruit, sago, etc.)
Measure word · 碗
Examples
- 糖水。Wǒ xià tiān xǐ huan hē yì wǎn Táng shuǐ.I like to have a bowl of sweet soup in summer.
- 糖水。Zhè jiā Táng shuǐ diàn de hóng dòu shā hěn hǎo hē.The red bean soup at this sweet soup shop is delicious.
- 糖水，。Tā qǐng wǒ men chī Táng shuǐ, shuō shì guǎng dōng de tè sè.She treated us to sweet soup, saying it's a specialty of Guangdong.
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