ciu1 sing1 bo1超聲波超声波
Jyutpingciu1 sing1 bo1
Yalechīu sīng bō
Definition
Ultrasound; sound waves with a frequency higher than the human limit of hearing (20,000 Hz).
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How it's used
Commonly used in medical contexts to refer to diagnostic imaging, often shortened to just 照超聲波. Outside of medicine, it describes the physical phenomenon of high frequency sound waves used in industrial cleaning or animal echolocation. It is a technical term that has become standard in everyday conversation due to frequent medical usage.
Examples
The doctor told me to go for an ultrasound scan next week.
Do you know how ultrasound works?
Related words
Common phrases
to have an ultrasound scan
ultrasound examination
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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.
