Note: The spoken Chinese Mandarin
language has 4 spoken tones. We have attempted
to re-create those below where after each
syllable we tell you (1), (2), (3), or (4)
as they correspond to each of the 4 tones.
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Describing
Your Illness to a Doctor
NEW WORDS:
1) A Cold: gan (3) mao(4)
- You have a cold.
- ni(2) gan(3) mao(4) le.
2) Doctor: yi(1) sheng(1)
- I need a doctor.
- wo(3) xu(1) yao(4) yi(1) ge(4) yi(1) sheng(1).
3) Emergency: jin(3) ji(2) qing(2) kuang(4)
- Help, I have an emergency!
- bang(1) bang(1) mang(2)! wo(3) you(3)
jin(3) ji(2) qing(1) kuang(4)!
4) Fever: fa(1) shao(1)
- You have a fever.
- ni(3) fa(1) shao(1) le.
5) The Flu: liu(2) gan(3)
- I think I have the flu.
- wo(3) jue(2) de(1) wo(3) de(2) le(1) liu(2)
gan(3).
6) Hospital: yi(1) yuan (4)
- Please drive to the hospital.
- qing(3) kai(1) qu(4) yi(1) yuan(4).
7) Hurts: tong(4)
- That hurts, please stop.
- na(4) er(2) tong(4), qing(3) ting(2) zhu(4).
8) Medicine: yao(4)
- Eat this medicine.
- chi(1) zhe(4) ge(4) yao(4).
9) Pain: teng(2)
- I have pain in my stomach.
- wo(3) de(1) du(4) zi(3) teng(2).
10) Symptoms: zheng(4) zhuang(4)
- What are your symptoms?
- ni(3) de(1) zheng(4) zhuang(4) shi(4)
shen(3) me?
11) Vomiting: ou(3) tu(4)
- I have been vomiting.
- wo(3) yi(1) zhi(2) zai(4) ou(3) tu(4).
