ji1 wu6醫護医护
Jyutpingji1 wu6
Yaleyī wuh
Definition
Medical care and healthcare, encompassing the duties of doctors, nurses, and paramedics.
neutralworkpeople
How it's used
This term functions as a collective noun for the medical and nursing professions. It is most frequently encountered in news reports or public announcements when referring to the entire sector rather than a specific doctor or nurse. Using it as a prefix for personnel, as in 醫護人員, is the standard way to refer to the collective group of professionals.
Examples
The healthcare staff are really working very hard.
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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.
