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Definition
To catch a cold due to excessive sweating or from being trapped in a hot, stuffy environment.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the belief that trapping sweat against the skin or cooling down too rapidly after heavy perspiration leads to illness. It highlights a cultural emphasis on maintaining body temperature balance, particularly avoiding sudden temperature shifts. This term is often used as a warning to children or by older generations to explain the onset of a cold.
Examples
Don't stand in the wind right after sweating, or you'll easily catch a cold.
Related words
Common phrases
catch a cold from sweating
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with simply catching a cold from a virus, which is usually referred to as 傷風. This term implies a specific mechanism involving sweat and temperature change, rather than just general exposure to germs.
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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.
