休jau1克hak1

English

1. (medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock
2. (medical) shock
3. loss of consciousness; nonstandard terminology (usage discouraged in medical fields)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 因為身體重要器官得唔到足夠血液供應，導致器官無法正常運作，嚴重可以導致死亡
2. 突然失去知覺；呢個唔係醫學層面嘅標準用法

Examples

• 突然休克

  sudden loss of consciousness

• 過敏性休克

  anaphylactic shock

• 缺血性休克

  hypovolaemic shock

• 敗血性休克

  septic shock

• 有個男仔頭先喺街度畀車撞，流血不止搞到休克，之後送咗去醫院。

  The man was hit by a car on the street and his bleeding lead to shock before he was sent to hospital. ----