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. We encourage you to complement
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Describing
Your Illness to a Doctor
Dialogue
A: At the Doctor's
Doctor: yi(1) sheng(1)
Tim: ti(4) mu(3)
Doc: Please tell me your symptoms.
- qing(3) gao(4) su(4) wo(3) ni(3) de(1)
zheng(4) zhuang(4).
Tim: I have been vomiting,
and I have a fever.
- wo(3) yi(4) zhi(2) zai(4) ou(3) tu(4),er(2)
qie(3), wo(3) fa(1) shao(1) le(1).
Doc: Does this hurt?
Tim: No, that doesn't hurt.
- bu(4) na(4) er bu(2) tong(4).
Doc: Is there pain here?
Tim: Yes, that hurts, please
stop.
- shi(4) de zhe(4) er teng(2), qing(4)
ting(2) zhu(4).
Doc: You have a fever.
Tim: I must stay at the hospital.
- wo(3) de(3) dai(1) zai(4) yi(1) yuan(4).
