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Definition
Drug, medicine, or pharmaceutical.
neutralhealth
How it's used
Refers to medicine in a clinical, legal, or formal context rather than the casual term 藥. It is standard in written reports, news, or medical advice but sounds stiff in casual conversation. Use 藥 when talking about taking a pill or cough syrup at home.
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The doctor prescribed some medicine for me.
Does this type of medicine have any side effects?
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Common mistake
Learners often use this word when talking about daily health, but it sounds overly clinical. If you are just talking about taking medicine for a cold, stick to 藥.
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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.
