fong3 hyut3放血
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Yalefong hyut
Definition
To drain blood from the body, typically for bloodletting or medical treatment.
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How it's used
Refers primarily to the historical medical practice of removing blood to treat illness, or occasionally to the veterinary procedure of draining blood from an animal. It carries a clinical or historical tone rather than a casual one. In modern contexts, it is rarely used to describe standard medical blood draws, which are typically referred to as 抽血.
Examples
His hand is inflamed, the doctor said he needs to perform bloodletting.
Do you know how people performed bloodletting in the past?
Related words
Common phrases
bloodletting therapy
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 抽血, which is the standard term for drawing blood for medical tests or donations. Using 放血 to describe a routine blood test sounds like you are performing a medieval medical procedure on yourself.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
