粵

引jan5產caan2

simp引产
jan5 caan2yǐn chǎn

English

  1. to induce labor (childbirth)
  2. to artificially abort a foetus, especially when the foetus is severely diseased, cannot survive childbirth, or already deceased
  3. to induce labour

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 人工噉終止懷孕,尤其喺胎兒或者胚胎有嚴重疾病、生存唔到或者胎死腹中嘅情況之下
  2. 喺未有開始生BB嘅徵兆之前,用藥物或者其他人工嘅方法,令產程開始(見催生)

Examples

  • 因為驚BB太大隻,所以醫生叫我入院引產。

    The doctor thinks the baby's too big, so she suggested me to admitted for induction of labour.

  • 因為BB結構缺陷,冇兩邊腎,醫生建議十九週去做引產,我聽到好唔開心。

    As the baby has structural anomalies, namely lack of both kidneys, the doctor advised me to induce an abortion at around 19 weeks. I was devastated when I heard the news. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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