cung5 zing3重症
Jyutpingcung5 zing3
Yalechúhng jing
Definition
A severe, critical, or life-threatening illness.
neutralhealth
How it's used
Focuses specifically on medical conditions that are life threatening or require intensive care. It is frequently used in formal hospital settings or news reports, though it is also understood in casual conversation when discussing serious health crises.
Examples
Their family member has a critical illness and needs to be in the ICU.
The doctor said this is a critical illness and we cannot take it lightly.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe general sickness or minor ailments, as it implies a high level of medical severity that could lead to death.
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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.
