zyu6 jyun2住院
Jyutpingzyu6 jyun2
Yalejyuh yún
Definition
To be hospitalized or admitted to a hospital due to illness or injury.
neutralhealth
How it's used
住院 focuses specifically on the state of being admitted for medical care rather than just visiting a clinic. It is often paired with 出院 to describe the full cycle of a hospital stay. Unlike some other verbs, it functions as a separable verb where you can insert particles like 咗 to indicate the action has already occurred.
Examples
He is very sick and needs to be hospitalized immediately.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse 住院 with 睇醫生, which simply means seeing a doctor. You should only use 住院 when the patient is actually staying in a hospital bed overnight or for an extended period.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
