Disease and hospital in Chinese - Lesson 22

Contents of this lesson

1. Vocabulary

2. Grammar

3. Dialogues

4. Exercises

1. Vocabulary

Words related to disease

Other Important words

Going further

Learn the vocabulary of the human body with our audio picture book.

2. Grammar

A. The particle 了 ‹ le › to indicate the past

Remember in the previous lesson we have seen that the particle 了 ‹ le › placed at the end of a sentence could be used to form the present progressive but also to indicate the past.

• 我 吃 药 了。 ‹ Wǒ chī yào le. ›
  I took a medicine.
• 我 量体温 了。 ‹ Wǒ liàng tǐwēn le. ›
  I took the body temperature.

B. Expressing your opinion with 觉得 ‹ juéde ›

Giving your opinion in Chinese is relatively easy with 觉得 ‹ juéde ›. Indeed the sentence structure is the same than in English.

• 我 觉得 你 是 一个 好 朋友。 ‹ Wǒ juédé nǐ shì hǎo péngyǒu. ›
  I think you're a good friend.
• 我 觉得 你 感冒 了。 ‹ Wǒ juédé nǐ gǎnmàole. ›
  I think you have a cold.

C. Expressing something has just been achieve with 刚才 ‹ gāngcái ›

刚才 ‹ gāngcái › can be translated into English as "just now" or "come to (do sth)" and is generally before a verb. It is accompanied by the past marker 了 ‹ le ›.

• 你 刚才 做 什么 了 ？ ‹ Nǐ gāngcái zuò shénme le? ›
  What have you just done?
• 我 刚才 量体温 了。 ‹ Wǒ gāngcái liàng tǐwēn le. ›
  I just took the body temperature.

3. Dialogues

Dialogue N° 1

- 大卫，你怎么了，脸色怎么不好？ ‹ Dàwèi, nǐ zěnmele, liǎnsè zěnme bù hǎo? ›
- 我不舒服。我病了。 好像发烧了。 ‹ Wǒ bú shūfú. Wǒ bìng le. Hǎoxiàng fāshāo le. ›
- 我觉得你感冒了。去医院看病吧。 ‹ Wǒ juédé nǐ gǎnmào le. Qù yīyuàn kànbìng ba. ›

Translation :

- David, what's the matter? how come you are looking so bad?
- I do not feel good. I'm sick. It seems that I have fever.
- I think you are having a cold. Go to the hospital to see a doctor.

Dialogue N° 2

- 医生，我感冒了。头疼，流鼻涕。 ‹ Yīshēng, wǒ gǎnmào le. Tóu téng, liúbítì. ›
- 咳嗽吗？ ‹ Késòu ma? ›
- 咳嗽，嗓子很疼。 ‹ Késòu, sǎngzi hěn téng. ›
- 发烧吗？ ‹ Fāshāo ma? ›
- 我刚才量体温了，37度5。不用打针吧。 ‹ Wǒ gāngcái liàng tǐwēn le, 37 dù 5. Bù yòng dǎzhēn ba. ›
- 不用。给你开点儿药。 你去药店取药吧。多休息，多喝水。 ‹ Bù yòng. Gěi nǐ kāi diǎnr yào. Nǐ qù yàodiàn qǔ yào ba. Duō xiūxí, duō hē shuǐ. ›
- 医生，这些药怎么吃？ ‹ Yīshēng, zhè xiē yào zěnme chī? ›
- 一天三次，一次两片。 ‹ Yī tiān sān cì, yī cì liǎng piàn. ›
- 好的。谢谢大夫！ ‹ Hǎode. Xièxie dàfū! ›

Translation :

- Doctor, I have a cold; I have a headache and I have a runny nose.
- Do you cough?
- Yes, my throat hurts.
- Do you have a temperature?
- I just took my temperature: 35.5 °. Don't I need an injection ?
- No. I prescribe you some medication; go to the pharmacy to get them. Rest well and drink plenty of water.
- Doctor, how to take (eat) these medicines?
- Three times a day, two tablets at once.
- Okay. Thank you Doctor!

4. Exercises

A. Answer the questions according to the two previous dialogues:

1. 大卫怎么了？
2. 大卫在哪儿看病了？
3. 大卫发烧吗？用不用打针？
4. 你感冒的话，你觉得要做什么？

B. Complete the sentences with the correct character:

1. 王丽说你 _______ 了。（疼， 病）
2. 你 _______ 子不舒服吗？（嗽， 嗓）
3. 我 _______ 很疼，想回家休息。（头，买）
4. 你头很 _______ ，发烧了。（热，照）

C. Translate the following sentences into Chinese:

1. David has a severe headache.
2. Wang Li thinks David has a cold.
3. David went to the hospital to see a doctor.
4. From David's home to the hospital, there is 1,3km. David went to the hospital by walk.