Soda water and sparkling water contain the same ingredients - water mixed with sodium bicarbonate (
碳酸氢钠); however,soda water's sodium bicarbonate is artificially added,whereas sparkling water naturally contains sodium bicarbonate." Since is artificially added,we call it soda water.The Chinese characters "苏打" (pronounced like su-da) is actually derived from the English word "soda".
Soda water和sparkling water包含相同的原料——水与碳酸氢钠混合;然而,soda water是人工添加碳酸氢钠,而sparkling water本身自己含有碳酸氢钠.“既然是人为地添加的,我们称之为
苏打水.汉字“苏打”(发音如su-da)实际上是来自于英语单词“SODA”.