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吊鹽水

简吊盐水 · 繁吊鹽水

Mandarin · pinyin diào yán shuǐ

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4–2–3 · diao4 yan2 shui3

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diu3 jim4 seoi2

Cantonese word readings for 吊鹽水. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(medicine) to have intravenous saline infusion
(regional, medicine, informal, by extension) to have an intravenous infusion; to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip
(Cantonese, figurative) to be barely surviving (often financially)