Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tán
English
- phlegm, mucus, spittle
- phlegm
- phlegm; sputum
- spittle
粵語
- 氣管分泌出嚟嘅黏液（量詞：篤）
Words containing 痰
- 吐痰tou3 taam4
to spit
- 起痰hei2 taam4
to lust after someone
- 痰罐taam4 gun3
a cuspidor; a spittoon
- 痰盂taam4 gun3
spittoon
- 化痰faa3 taam4
to transform phlegm (TCM)
- 痰上頸taam4 soeng5 geng2
Sputum on throat; to describe someone who feels the impulse to go after something that they admire or is envious of, although without taking any specific actions
- 咳痰kat1 taam4
to cough up phlegm
- 黏痰nim1 taam4
phlegm
- 祛痰keoi1 taam4
to dispel phlegm (TCM)
- 口水痰hau2 seoi2 taam4
sputum
- 卡痰kaa1 taam4
to have phlegm stuck in one's throat
- 抽痰cau1 taam4
- 惹痰je5 taam4
- 痰液taam4 jik6
saliva
- 篤痰duk1 taam4
phlegm [colloquial]
- 祛痰藥keoi1 taam4 joek6
medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
- 涿痰duk1 taam4
- 肉生痰juk6 sang1 taam4
- 理氣化痰lei5 hei3 faa3 taam4
(TCM) to rectify 氣|气[qi4] and transform phlegm
- 痰盂兒taam4 jyu4 ji4
erhua variant of 痰盂[tan2 yu2]
- 痰盂式taam4 jyu4 sik1
- 痰塞肺眼taam4 sak1 fai3 ngaan5