白湯

See also: 白汤

Chinese

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
soup; hot water
trad. (白湯)
simp. (白汤)

Pronunciation


Noun

白湯

  1. clear soup; unflavoured soup; soup made without soy sauce; unseasoned meat soup
  2. (obsolete) Alternative name for 白開水白开水 (báikāishuǐ, “plain boiled water”).
  3. (Hong Kong) cream soup

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
irregular kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (sayu) 

  1. plain hot, boiled water for drinking
    白湯(さゆ)()むだけで()せる。
    Sayu o nomu dake de yaseru.
    You lose weight simply by drinking hot water.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

    Noun

    (しら)() (shirayu) 

    1. plain hot water

    Etymology 3

    Kanji in this term
    はく
    Grade: 1
    とう
    Grade: 3
    on’yomi

    Pronunciation

      Noun

      (はく)(とう) (hakutō) 

      1. plain hot water
      2. a routine, regular hot bath (as opposed to a medicated bath)

      References

      1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
      2. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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