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吊命

diu3 meng6included in 5 dictionaries
實用廣州話分類詞典: 5064CantonWord七、人類活動[思想活動參見五B] > 七D職業性活動 > 七D8醫療

以藥物為垂危病人暫時延長生命

Examples

而家都係～嗻，好難喇

現在也衹是暫時維持，很難了

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
01

身體虛弱到就嚟死咁濟，靠藥物、水、食糧等等嘅資源嚟維持生命 (to struggle to sustain one's life with medication, water, food, etc.)

動詞

Examples

佢成個禮拜冇食過嘢，淨係靠鹽水嚟吊命。

keoi5 seng4 go3 lai5 baai3 mou5 sik6 gwo3 je5, zing6 hai6 kaau3 jim4 seoi2 lei4 diu3 meng6.

He hasn't eaten anything for a week; his entire life depended on an IV drip.

02

引申為經濟條件好差，有咗某啲嘢提供收入來源，先可以維持最基本嘅生活水平 ((figurative) to survive on something providing a source of income and sustain a barely tolerable standard of living, especially when under poor economic conditions)

Examples

佢冇埋份洗碗工之後，就一路都靠綜援吊命。

keoi5 mou5 maai4 fan6 sai2 wun2 gung1 zi1 hau6, zau6 jat1 lou6 dou1 kaau3 zung3 wun4 diu3 meng6.

Since he lost his dishwasher job, he's been living on government allowance.

維基辭典YueWord

Original phonetic: /tiːu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/

to sustain one's frail life with medication or other things

現代粵語詞典: 3853CantonWord

Original phonetic: diu5 meng6

用药物延长垂危病人的生命

Examples

佢依家靠药物～，使唔少钱。

他现在靠药物延长生命，花费不少钱

廣州話詞典（第2版）: 1832CantonWord

Original phonetic: diu3 méng6

给垂危的病人吃点补药或强心剂，以暂时延长生命

Examples

～药。