ji4 fo1兒科儿科
Jyutpingji4 fo1
Yaleyìh fō
Definition
Pediatrics; the branch of medicine dealing with the care and diseases of children and minors.
neutralhealth
How it's used
Refers specifically to the medical specialty for children and adolescents. It is commonly used as a modifier to describe doctors, clinics, or hospital wards. In casual speech, people often just say睇醫生 when the context of the child being sick is already clear.
Examples
His son is sick, he needs to take him to see the paediatrician.
Related words
Common phrases
paediatrician
paediatric ward
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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.
