tou5 se3肚瀉肚泻
Jyutpingtou5 se3
Yaletóuh se
Definition
To have diarrhea; to suffer from frequent, watery bowel movements.
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How it's used
肚瀉 is the standard term for diarrhoea, but in casual conversation, people often use the more descriptive phrase 屙爛屎 to describe the consistency of the stool. While 肚瀉 sounds slightly more clinical or formal, it is perfectly acceptable in daily life when explaining your condition to a doctor or a friend. If you want to sound even more informal, you might simply say 肚痛或者屙緊.
Examples
I have had severe diarrhoea since eating those seafood.
Related words
Common phrases
to have severe diarrhoea
Common mistake
Avoid using 肚瀉 as a noun to describe the stool itself. It is strictly a verb phrase describing the condition or the act of having diarrhoea, so you should not say 我有肚瀉 but rather 我肚瀉緊.
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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.
