beng6 lai6病例
Jyutpingbeng6 lai6
Yalebehng laih
Definition
A case of a disease, especially in records, studies, or statistics.
neutralhealth
How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal or clinical contexts such as news reports, medical studies, or government health statistics. It is rarely used in casual conversation to describe a person's personal illness, where people would simply say 佢病咗 or 佢有病.
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zung1宗jūngExamples
There are a few more confirmed cases today.
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Common mistake
Avoid using this word to describe a person who is currently sick, as it refers specifically to the medical record or statistical instance of a disease rather than the individual patient.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
