藥煲 [药－]

Jyutping joek6 bou1
Pinyin yào bāo

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    用​嚟​煲​中​藥​嘅​器皿​，​通常​係​瓦​或​陶瓷​製​（​量​詞​：​個​）
    herbal pot
  2. 名詞
    引伸​指經常病​、​需要​成​日食​藥​嘅​人
    figuratively, a person who easily gets sick or always needs to take medicine
    • 佢藥煲嚟㗎，一年病幾十次⋯⋯
      佢药煲嚟㗎，一年病几十次⋯⋯
      keoi5 joek6 bou1 lai4 gaa3, jat1 nin4 beng6 gei2 sap6 ci3
      He's so frail that he gets sick for tens of times a year.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Cantonese
    pot for decocting herbal medicine
  2. noun, Cantonese, figuratively
    chronic invalid
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢做药煲做咗十年有多，药性、副作用知得一清二楚，已经久病成医。
    佢做藥煲做咗十年有多，藥性、副作用知得一清二楚，已經久病成醫。
    keoi5 zou6 joek6 bou1 zou6 zo2 sap6 nin4 jau5 do1, joek6 sing3, fu3 zok3 jung6 zi1 dak1 jat1 cing1 ji6 co2, ji5 ging1 gau2 beng6 sing4 ji1.
    • Relying on medicine for his illness for more than ten years, he has become familiar with the nature and side effects of the medicine.
  2. Cantonese
    佢药煲嚟㗎，一年病几十次⋯⋯
    佢藥煲嚟㗎，一年病幾十次⋯⋯
    keoi5 joek6 bou1 lai4 gaa3, jat1 nin4 beng6 gei2 sap6 ci3
    • He's so frail that he gets sick for tens of times a year.