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"我要热水，你呢？"
Translation:I want hot water, and you?
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"I want hot water and you", since there's no punctuation, in the block section. Sounds spicy.
yeah I thought the same... It would be better if it's 'I want hot water what about you' or things like that
Apparently, people drink hot water in China, as there is a common belief that it has health benefits. Cold water is harder to find that you'd think.
It has health benefits. If you have cold drinks when you eat, the fat from de food gets "solified" in your stomach. Or something like that. Google it for better explanation ;) have a good day
This is so true. Recently just came back and getting cold drinks in general is tough
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2020.6.1 I have heard that the Chinese do have more cases of throat and esophagus cancer, because of their propensity for drinking extremely hot water
Forget hard to find. Date someone here or have a friend who cares about you, and you will get scolded repeatedly if you try to drink something cold in their presence. You can actually find cold water pretty easily - you can buy refrigerated bottled water most anywhere. It's not something you can order in a restaurant, though (unless they have bottles in a refrigerator case).
Actually ,but there is a very interesting story here, because the Chinese elders always want you to drink more hot water when you are uncomfortable. In the age of young people, there are some boys who are always when the girls are uncomfortable. Let them drink hot water, causing girls to feel that boys are lazy and not serious, so try not to use it to girls at will to avoid being crit
would "i want hot water, do you?" be an accurate translation? the wording just sounds a little unnatural. i understand that we're translating ideas rather than words themselves, so i was just wondering what others thought about it :')
No, "你呢？“ really means "and you?" - You can use it after responding to "how are you?" as well. To ask "do you?" in this context, I would probably say 我要热水，你要不要？ or 我要热水，你也要吗？
开水 is boiling/boiled water. It's a tiny bit warmer than hot water, eh... They do mostly ask for 开水, but if someone wants to drink immediately, they will ask for 热水
i read this as "i want hot water, do you?" not as "i want hot water, and you?" lol
What difference between yao and xiang. So if me and my friend drink tea, how i say i want teabag my friend
Warm and hot are not the same thing. Folks here ain't drinking warm water. If it doesn't burn your mouth, they think it's cold.
The translations are stupid as they can be interpreted with different words but with same/similar meanings
I would usually translate "would like" as 想要 , but that might just be how I keep things sorted in my head. Want/need/think differentiation is a long road.
