植物人 [－－－]

Jyutping zik6 mat6 jan4
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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. person in a vegetative state
  2. human vegetable
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    大腦​大半​甚至​完全​失去​功能​，​全身​癱瘓​，​但​係​腦幹​未​死​，​仍然​有​呼吸​、​心跳​同埋​反射​動作​，​仲​生存​緊​嘅​病人​（​量​詞​：​個​）
    patient suffering from permanent paralysis; person reduced by illness or accident to minimal life functions; person in PVS i.e. permanent vegetable state; vegetable; literally: plant person
    • 手術之後，佢冇醒到，變成咗植物人。
      手术之后，佢冇醒到，变成咗植物人。
      sau2 seot6 zi1 hau6, keoi5 mou5 seng2 dou3, bin3 seng4 zo2 zik6 mat6 jan4.
      She didn't wake up after the surgery and became a vegetable.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    person in a vegetative state; human vegetable; cabbage
    (syn.) 木頭人, 木头人
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    科学家研发咗新技术，令植物人可以同外界沟通。
    科學家研發咗新技術，令植物人可以同外界溝通。
    fo1 hok6 gaa1 jin4 faat3 zo2 san1 gei6 seot6, ling6 zik6 mat6 jan4 ho2 ji5 tung4 ngoi6 gaai3 kau1 tung1.
    • Scientists have developed a new technology that allows vegetative patients to communicate with the outside world.
  2. Cantonese
    手术之后，佢冇醒到，变成咗植物人。
    手術之後，佢冇醒到，變成咗植物人。
    sau2 seot6 zi1 hau6, keoi5 mou5 seng2 dou3, bin3 seng4 zo2 zik6 mat6 jan4.
    • She didn't wake up after the surgery and became a vegetable.