beng6 lik6病歷病历
Jyutpingbeng6 lik6
Yalebehng lihk
Definition
A patient's medical record or case history.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the formal documentation of a patient's health history kept by medical professionals. While it is a standard term in clinical settings, patients often refer to the physical document they carry as a 病歷咭. It is strictly used for medical contexts and does not carry the metaphorical meanings of history or track record found in other languages.
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fan2份fánExamples
The doctor took out my medical record to look at it.
Do you remember to bring your medical record card for the follow-up appointment?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 紀錄, which is a general term for any type of record. Using 病歷 to describe a personal diary or a record of non-medical events will sound unnatural and confusing to native speakers.
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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.
