癌 (ngaam4) — cancer in Cantonese
ngaamˎ₄癌Mandarin Pinyin: ai2
Meaning of 癌
nouncancer
Example Sentences with 癌
keoiˏ₅佢jauˏ₅有ziˊ²子gungˉ¹宮ngaam4.癌。
She has uterine cancer.
daaˊ²打zanˉ¹針fongˎ₄防ziˊ²子gungˉ¹宮ngaam4.癌。
Get vaccinated against uterine cancer.
jyuˍ₆預fongˎ₄防ziˊ²子gungˉ¹宮ngaam4.癌。
Prevent uterine cancer.
ziˊ²子gungˉ¹宮ngaamˎ₄癌houˊ²好jimˎ₄嚴zung3.重要。
Uterine cancer is serious.
mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想jauˏ₅有ziˊ²子gungˉ¹宮ngaam4.癌。
Don't want to get uterine cancer.
Words Containing 癌
語癌jyu5 ngaam4
extremely poor formulation, big grammatical mistake (Lit. cancerous language)
胃癌wai6 ngaam4
gastric cancer
肺癌fai3 ngaam4
lung cancer
前列腺癌cin4 lit6 sin3 ngaam4
prostate cancer
癌症ngaam4 zing3
cancer
子宮癌zi2 gung1 ngaam4
Uterine Cancer; Cervical cancer
肝癌gon1 ngaam4
cancer of the liver
窮癌kung4 ngaam4
"poor cancer": forms of cancer typically afflicting lower economic classes or people in developing countries (e.g., various gastric cancers) as opposed to 富癌 ("rich cancer") such as breast cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, etc.
骨癌gwat1 ngaam4
bone cancer
乳癌jyu5 ngaam4
breast cancer
致癌物質zi3 ngaam4 mat6 zat1
carcinogen
淋巴癌lam4 baa1 ngaam4
淋巴瘤
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