ji1 liu4 si6 gu3醫療事故医疗事故
Jyutpingji1 liu4 si6 gu3
Yaleyī lìuh sih gu
Definition
Medical negligence, malpractice, or a medical incident.
neutralhealth
How it's used
Refers specifically to errors or negligence occurring within a clinical setting, often carrying a serious and formal tone in news reports. While it sounds clinical, it is frequently used in casual conversation when discussing public health news or personal experiences with poor hospital care.
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daan1單dānExamples
A serious medical incident occurred at that hospital.
Is the doctor involved in medical malpractice?
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Common phrases
involved in medical malpractice
investigate a medical incident
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with general mistakes or accidents, as this term implies professional negligence or a failure in medical standards rather than a simple human error.
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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.
