waan6 cyu3患處患处
Jyutpingwaan6 cyu3
Yalewaahn chyu
Definition
Affected area; the part of the body that is injured, wounded, or diseased.
neutralhealthbody
How it's used
Focuses specifically on the precise area of an injury or a medical condition, rather than the injury itself. It is commonly used in professional medical contexts, such as by doctors or physiotherapists, but is also perfectly natural in daily life when discussing how to treat a specific sore spot.
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Remember to apply medicine to the wound for him every day.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use it for any general injury or wound, but it specifically refers to the location of the ailment. It is not used to describe the injury itself, such as a cut or a bruise, but rather the exact spot where that injury is located.
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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.
