Friday, 8 April 2022

Medical Terms

If you were to listen to the first minute of this video, you will hear a number of terms regarding a middle aged lady getting pregnant. 

As usual I have written notes for you so it is easier for you to follow what she is saying to herself.

Such modern medical terms are all in Standard Chinese and do remember that Teochew is a Chinese language. 

ni5lêng5 年齡|年龄

a person's age

nian2ling2 年齡|年龄

zian3sion5 huai5hêng6 正常懷孕|正常怀孕

normal pregnancy

zheng4chang2 huai2yun4 正常懷孕|正常怀孕

gi1sug4 機率|机率

probability, odds, chances

ji1lü4 機率|机率

gao1lêng5 suan2hu6 高龄產婦| 高齡产妇

a pregnant an elderly lady

gao1ling2 chan3fu4 高龄產婦| 高齡产妇

nguin5hiam2 危險|危险

danger, dangerous

wei1xian3 危險|危险

She uses the word nguin5hiam2 and I think she should be saying hong1hiam2 because she is referring to a risky pregnancy in a middle aged lady.

hong1hiam2 風險|风险

risk, risky

feng1xian3風險|风险

bêng6huag4zêng3 併發症|并发症

medical complications, undesired side-effects of a medical procedure

bing4fa1zheng4 併發症|并发症

iong5goi7 liu5suan容易流產|容易流产

easy to have a miscarriage

rong2yi4 liu2chan3 容易流產|容易流产

liu5suan2 流產|流产

miscarriage

liu2chan3 流產|流产

biang3hêng5 |变

becoming deformed

bian4xing2 |变

cing1sên1 親生|亲生

one's own child

qin1sheng1 親生|亲生

cing1sên1gug4nêg8 親生骨肉|亲生骨肉

own biological children

qin1sheng1gu3rou4 親生骨肉|亲生骨肉

I hope you view this as an opportunity to deepen your knowledge of our mother tongue. If you were to visit a doctor who is a Teochew may it be in Singapore or our homeland, the doctor will use the medical terms in Standard Chinese and therefore to be able to understand our mother tongue, we have to slowly improve the standard of our Chinese. 

Additional Notes: The additional information is from Mogher.

lao5diao7 流掉

abort, abortion

ren2gong1liu2chan3 人工流產|人工流产

ke3 ziang2so2 lao5diao7 gai5 nou5gian2 去診所流掉個孥囝

Gone to a clinic to have an abortion.

去診所做人工流產

ziang2so2 診所|诊所

clinic, abortion abattoir

zhen3suo3 診所|诊所


From Zhang Xiao Shan second edition page 404

gai2 nou5gian2 ke3 lao5diao7 個孥囝去流掉

aborted a baby

這孩子去做掉


Added 11th April 2022

loh8gian2 落囝

miscarriage

liu2chan3流產|流产


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