粵

鼻bei6咽jin1癌ngaam4

bei6 jin1 ngaam4bí yān ái

English

  1. nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
  2. nasopharyngeal cancer

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 生喺鼻咽,即係鼻腔最後面,喉嚨對上嘅癌症。

Examples

  • 鼻咽癌因為喺華南地區好常見,所以又叫做「廣東癌」或者「廣東瘤」。

    Nasopharyngeal cancer is most commonly seen in the Southern China area and has therefore been nicknamed as "guangdong cancer" or "guangdong tumour" in Cantonese parlance.

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

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