ji1 jyun2醫院医院
Jyutpingji1 jyun2
Yaleyī yún
Definition
Hospital; a medical institution with doctors and nurses providing medical and surgical treatment.
Example
ngo5我aa3阿maa1媽喺hai2醫ji1院jyun2返faan1工。
ngo5我aa3阿maa1妈喺hai2医ji1院jyun2返faan1工。
My mom works at the hospital.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to large medical facilities with inpatient services, distinguishing it from smaller outpatient clinics known as 診所. When discussing the act of going to the hospital for treatment, locals often use the phrase 去醫院睇醫生 or simply 去睇醫生 if the context of a hospital is already understood.
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gaan1間gānExamples
He was feeling unwell in the middle of the night, so he went to the hospital for emergency care.
Do you know which hospital is closest to here?
Related words
Common phrases
go to the hospital
be discharged from hospital
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse 醫院 with 診所, but 診所 is typically a small private practice where you cannot stay overnight. Using 醫院 to describe a small neighborhood doctor's office sounds unnatural.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
