粵

藥joek6煲bou1

joek6 bou1yào bāoinferred

English

  1. herbal pot ----
  2. figuratively, a person who easily gets sick or always needs to take medicine

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用嚟煲中藥嘅器皿,通常係瓦或陶瓷製(量詞:個)
  2. 引伸指經常病、需要成日食藥嘅人

Examples

  • 佢藥煲嚟㗎,一年病幾十次⋯⋯

    He's so frail that he gets sick for tens of times a year.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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