How to say ';squash' in Chinese? How to say ';squash' in Chinese? (By squash I mean a type of drink). Squash (also called cordial, barley water) is a non-alcoholic concentrated syrup that is usually fruit-flavoured and usually made from fruit juice, water, and sugar. You put a small amount in a cup or glass then fill the cup/glass with water. The closet translation I think might be 甜饮料, but when I google images of 甜饮料 I see things like squash, but also cans of fizzy drink, squash drink is not a fizzy drink.