My Cantonese Lexicon IX: Health & Medicine

English	Cantonese	jyutping	yale
doctor	醫生	ji1 sang1	yī sāng
dentist	牙醫	ngaa4 ji1	ngàah yī
patient	病人	beng6 jan4	behng yàhn
nurse	護士	wu6 si6	wuh sih
hospital	醫院	ji1 jyun2	yī yún
clinic	診所	can2 so2	chán só
ambulance	救護車	gau3 wu6 ce1	gau wuh chē
doctor's appointment / consultation	約會 / 檢查	joek3 wui6 / gim2 caa4	yeuk wuih / gím chàah
follow-up appointment	覆診	fuk1 can2	fūk chán
to see a doctor	睇醫生	tai2 ji1 sang1	tái yī sāng
to take your temperature	探熱	taam3 jit6	taam yiht
to be hospitalised	住院	zyu6 jyun6/2*	jyuh yún
to register at hospital	掛號	gwa3 hou6	gwa houh
to be discharged from hospital	出院	ceot1 jyun6/2	chēut yún
Call an ambulance!	CALL白車！	ko(l)1 baak6 ce1	kō(l) baahk cē

English	Cantonese	jyutping	yale
I have.../ I am...	我...	ngo5	ngóh
sickness	病痛	beng6 tung3	behng tung
health	康健	hong1 gin6	hōng gihn
headache	頭痛	tau4 tung3	tàuh tung
stomach ache	肚痛	tou5 tung3	tóuh tung
ear ache	耳痛	ji5 tung3	yíh tung
toothache	牙痛	ngaa4 tung3	ngàah tung
sore throat	喉嚨痛	hau4 lung4 tung3	hàuh lùhng tung
back pain	腰痛	jiu1 tung3	yīu tung
stiff neck	瞓厲頸	fan3 lai2 geng2	fan lái géng
to sneeze	打乞嗤	daa2 hat1 ci1	dá hāt chī
runny nose	流鼻水	lau4 bei6 seoi2	làuh beih séui
cough	咳	kat1	kāt
fever	發燒	faat3 siu1	faat sīu
cold	傷風	soeng1 fung1	sēung fūng
the flu	感冒	gam2 mou6	gám mouh
virus	病毒	beng6 duk6	behng duhk
shiver	發冷	faat3 laang5	faat láahng
sunburn	曬傷	saai3 soeng1	saai sēung
allergy	過敏	gwo3 man5	gwo máhn
symptom	症狀	zing3 zong6	jing johng
rash	出疹	ceot1 can2	chēut chán
itchy	痕癢	han4 joeng5	hàhn yéuhng
nauseous	作嘔	zok3 au2	jok áu

English	Cantonese	jyutping	yale
dizzy	頭暈	tau4 wan4	tàuh wàhn
asthma	哮喘	haau1 cyun2	hāau chyún
motion sickness	暈浪	wan4 long6	wàhn lohng
medicine	藥	joek6	yeuhk
pain killer	止痛藥	zi2 tung3 joek6	jí tung yeuhk
throat lozenge	喉糖	hau4 tong2	hàuh tóng
antibiotics	抗生素	kong3 sang1 sou3	kong sāng sou
vitamin pills	維他命丸	wai4 taa1 ming6 jyun2	wàih tā mihng yún
traditional Chinese medicine	中藥	zung1 joek6	jūng yeuhk

*Some words experience a tone change. CantoDict (see below) attributes this to whether the character is being read in a literary manner or a colloquial manner, but some Hong Kong friends have told me that the tone depends on what surrounds the word.

E.g. jyu4 (yùh) = literary, jyu2 (yú)= colloquial

(Please see CantoDict's explanation: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/tones.htm#cantodict_tones )

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