抽cau1筋gan1

English

1. cramp
2. (noun) 1. spasm; (slang) unbearable (e.g. heat, etc.)
3. to have a cramp
4. charley horse
5. to have a fit, to have a seizure
6. to pull a tendon

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 肌肉突然同唔自主噉收縮、痙攣嘅現象，一般會造成痛楚
2. 癲癇發作；腦入面過度神經震盪造成嘅病徵，可能造成身體不自主抽搐或者失去知覺

Examples

• 堂課悶到抽筋。

  The lecture was a total snoozefest.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢游游下水突然間抽筋。

  He suddenly had a cramp while swimming. ----

• 我個仔細個試過一次發燒抽筋，好在大個咗就無事。

  My son had a febrile seizure when he was small. Luckily he grew out of it.

• 我刚刚腿又抽筋了，痛死我了。

  I just got another leg cramp and it hurts like hell.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY