gau3 zi6救治
Jyutpinggau3 zi6
Yalegau jih
Definition
To treat and cure a patient, typically by medical staff in a hospital.
neutralhealth
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the medical intervention required to save a life or recover from a serious condition. It carries a sense of urgency and professional medical care that is absent in more general terms like 醫. You will almost exclusively encounter this in news reports or formal accounts of accidents and emergencies.
Examples
The injured person was sent to the hospital for treatment.
The doctor is still treating that patient.
Related words
Common phrases
sent to hospital for treatment
to treat with all efforts
Common mistake
Avoid using this for minor ailments like a common cold or a headache. It implies a critical situation where life-saving measures or intensive medical attention are necessary.
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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.
