Learn five words related to medicine
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| Hi guys! Hi watchers! Hi guys! Welcome back to Cantonese Weekly Words! Today we’re going to talk about Medicine. |
| 1. 藥／藥物 (joek6 / joek6 mat6) "medicine" |
| 病咗就要食藥。 (beng6 zo2 zau6 jiu3 sik6 joek6.) "When you are sick, you have to take medicine." |
| 2. 疫苗 (jik6 miu4) "vaccine" |
| 我去非洲要打黃熱病疫苗。 (ngo5 heoi2 fei1 zau1 jiu3 daa2 wong4 jit6 beng6 jik6 miu4.) "I'm going to Africa, so I have to get yellow fever vaccine." |
| 黃熱病疫苗 (wong4 jit6 beng6 jik6 miu4) “yellow fever vaccine” |
| 3. 咳藥水 (kat1 joek6 seoi2) "cough syrup" |
| 咳 (kat1) is “to cough”, and 藥水 (joek6 seoi2) is “syrup”, like “medicine water”. |
| 咳咗咁耐，飲咳藥水都冇用。 (kat1 zo2 gam3 noi6, jam2 kat1 joek6 seoi2 dou1 mou5 jung6.) "I've been coughing for so long, even drinking cough syrup doesn't work now." |
| 4. 抗生素 (kong3 sang1 sou3) "antibiotics" |
| 醫生開咗啲抗生素俾我。 (ji1 sang1 hoi1 zo2 di1 kong3 sang1 sou3 bei2 ngo5.) "The doctor prescribed some antibiotics for me." |
| 5. 阿士匹靈 (aa3 si6 pat1 ling4) "Aspirin" |
| It’s actually the transliteration of “Aspirin”, 阿士匹靈 (aa3 si6 pat1 ling4). |
| 頭痛可以食阿士匹靈。 (tau4 tong3 ho2 ji3 sik6 aa3 si6 pat1 ling4.) "When you have a headache, you can take Aspirin." |
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