liu4 joeng5療養疗养
Jyutpingliu4 joeng5
Yalelìuh yéuhng
Definition
To recuperate; to convalesce; to treat illness and nurture one's body back to health.
neutralhealth
How it's used
Focuses on the long term process of recovery rather than acute medical treatment. It implies a period of rest, often in a quiet or healthy environment, to regain strength after a serious illness or surgery.
Examples
He went to the countryside to recuperate.
The doctor told him to go home and recuperate for a while.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 治療, which refers to the active medical intervention or treatment itself. 療養 is about the subsequent phase of rest and care.
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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.
