fui1虺
Jyutpingfui1
Yalefūi
Definition
Sick; ill; fatigued.
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How it's used
病 is the standard term for being ill, covering everything from a common cold to serious conditions. It functions as a verb, so it is frequently paired with aspect markers like 咗 to indicate the onset of an illness. When describing the severity of an illness, it is common to use the structure 病到 followed by a result.
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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.
