乳房X光造影检查
jyu5 fong4 X gwong1 zou3 jing2 gim2 caa4
The English word mammogram is translated into Cantonese as 乳房X光造影检查 (jyu5 fong4 X gwong1 zou3 jing2 gim2 caa4).
The term refers to an X-ray picture of the breasts.
Meaning: X-ray picture of the breasts (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word is a compound consisting of 乳房 (breast), X光 (X-ray), 造影 (contrast imaging) and 检查 (examination/check-up).
How do you pronounce it?
jyu5 fong4 X gwong1 zou3 jing2 gim2 caa4
Did you know?
- The term for 'contrast imaging' used in the phrase, 造影, is a highly technical term often shared with the film industry to describe making images or shadows.
- Due to cultural modesty, some Cantonese speakers use the euphemism 檢查個胸 (gim2 caa4 go3 hung1), replacing 'breast' with 胸 (hung1) which more generally means 'chest'.
- While 乳房 is the formal term for 'breast', in many spoken Cantonese dialects, people use the more colloquial 奶 (milk) to refer to the same body part.
Examples in context
- 您需要進行乳房攝影。You need to undergo a mammogram.
Example conversation
A couple is discussing health check-ups at home.
- 子健 Tsz Kin美玲，你最近做咗乳房X光造影检查未？mei5 ling4, nei5 zui3 gan6 zou6 zo2 jyu2 fong2 x-gwong3 zou6 jing2 gim2 caa4 mei6?Mei Ling, have you had a mammogram recently?
- 美玲 Mei Ling我上個月已經做咗喇。ngo5 soeng6 go3 jyut6 ji5 ging1 zou6 zo2 laa3.I already had one last month.
- 子健 Tsz Kin咁結果係正常嘅嗎？gam2 git3 gwo2 hai6 zing3 sung4 ge3 maa1?Was the result normal then?
- 美玲 Mei Ling係呀，醫生話冇問題。hai6 aa3, ji1 sang1 waa4 mou5 man6 tai4.Yes, the doctor said there are no problems.
