joek6 lik6藥力药力
Jyutpingjoek6 lik6
Yaleyeuhk lihk
Definition
The potency, efficacy, or healing effect of a drug or medicine.
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How it's used
Focus on the physical sensation or the timing of when a medication begins to take effect. It is frequently paired with the verb 發 to describe the moment the drug becomes active in the body. Unlike formal medical terminology, this term is used naturally by patients to describe how they feel after taking a dose.
Examples
Have you taken your medicine? The effect should kick in very soon.
This medicine is very potent, you will feel sleepy after taking it.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 藥效, which is a more formal or written term used to describe the efficacy or potency of a drug in a clinical or scientific context.
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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.
