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Medicine & Appointments食藥覆診 · Learn Cantonese for daily life in Hong Kong

These are 8 practical medicine & appointments words and phrases for everyday life in Hong Kong, written for Filipino domestic helpers. Each entry gives the Cantonese characters, the Jyutping romanisation so you can say it out loud, and the meaning in both English and Filipino.

Beginner

Cantonese Jyutping Meaning
💊 藥 joek6 Medicine
Gamot
🏥 診所 can2 so2 Clinic
Klinika
🩺 醫生 ji1 sang1 Doctor
Doktor

Intermediate

Cantonese Jyutping Meaning
⚪ 藥丸 joek6 jyun2 Pill
Tableta
🧴 藥水 joek6 seoi2 Liquid medicine
Gamot na likido
⏰ 食咗藥未 sik6 zo2 joek6 mei6 Have you taken your medicine?
Uminom ka na ba ng gamot?
🚑 去診所 heoi3 can2 so2 Go to the clinic
Pumunta sa klinika

Advanced

Cantonese Jyutping Meaning
📅 幾時覆診 gei2 si4 fuk1 can2 When is the follow-up?
Kailan ang follow-up?

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