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Cantonese and Mandarin for medical matters and much more

Cantonese and Mandarin for medical matters and much more

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Learn the Cantonese and Mandarin ways to say things related to health and medical matters, and a hodgepodge of many other things you won’t learn in a formal classroom.

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  • 69 - bound morpheme 遗/遺 in 後遺症 / 后遗症 / sequela & 遺產 / 遗产 inheritance

    3 weeks ago

  • 68 - 染 JP: jim5; Y: yíhm / PY: rǎn in septic shock 感染性休克 or plastic pollution 塑料污染

    4 months ago

  • 67 - 濕 / 湿 wet; damp; humid, for: eczema 濕疹 / 湿疹; to be soaked 淋濕 / 淋湿

    6 months ago

  • 66 - 壞/坏 waai6 / huài - bad, for necrosis: 壞死/坏死; spoiling, coddling, overindulging (a kid): 縱壞 / 宠坏

    8 months ago

  • 65 - Clarity 清晰度 cing1sik1dou6 / qīngxīdù (i.e. mental clarity, image clarity)

    9 months ago

  • 64 - 放鬆 / 放松: fong3sung1 / fàngsōng - relax; slacken; loosen

    11 months ago

  • 63 - 靈活/灵活: ling4wut6 / línghuó - flexible, nimble, agile

    12 months ago

  • 62 - Figuring % in the interest of health & life: 百分之 baak3fan6zi1 / bǎifēnzhī; 打折 daa2zit3 / dǎzhé

    1 year ago

  • 61 - 膽 / 胆 daam2 dǎn: ballsy, guts (as in 大膽 / 大胆 fearless); gall bladder (as in 膽石 / 胆石 gallstone)

    1 year ago

  • 60 - Two Ways to Indicate Time with one word: 次 ci3 cì - # of times; time marker/occurrence

    1 year ago