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English

1. Schizophrenia
2. schizophrenia (old appellation in concurrent use, though 思覺失調 is now the preferred term)unreviewed?
3. figuratively used to describe people with inconsistent opinions and behavioursunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一種精神科嘅病，主要徵狀包括妄想、幻覺、言語同思維紊亂，造成社交同工作上嘅障礙（而家多啲叫返思覺失調）unreviewed?
2. 引申指言行不一致unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  我細佬有咗精神分裂廿年，要一個月打一次針。

  My younger brother has had schizophrenia for 20 years, and he needs an injection every month. ----

• unreviewed?

  呢個黨同一個議題又投贊成又投反對又投棄權，真係精神分裂！

  That party votes "aye", "nay" and "abstain" on the same issue. It is really schizophrenic!