ngaam4 beng6癌病
Jyutpingngaam4 beng6
Yalengàahm behng
Definition
Cancer; a malignant tumor or disease.
neutralhealth
How it's used
While 癌病 is a common way to refer to the disease, many speakers simply use 癌 or 癌症 in casual conversation. It is often used in medical contexts or when discussing the diagnosis of a specific condition. Using the term can feel slightly more clinical or serious than just saying someone has a tumour.
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Avoid using this word to describe non-medical metaphorical situations, such as social issues or bad habits, as it is reserved for actual clinical diagnoses.
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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.
