teoi3 siu1退燒退烧
Jyutpingteoi3 siu1
Yaleteui sīu
Definition
To recover from a fever; for a fever to go down or break.
colloquialhealth
How it's used
退燒 is specifically used for the reduction of body temperature during an illness. It functions as a verb phrase where the object 燒 is often treated as the subject in colloquial speech, as in 個燒退咗. It is frequently paired with medicine or cooling methods to describe the process of recovery.
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Avoid using this word to describe cooling down a hot object or food, as it is strictly reserved for medical contexts involving human body temperature.
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Grammar guides
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