day 42at the doctor’s

at the doctor’s

Tell a doctor what’s wrong and understand what they ask you to do.

today’s words

• 大夫 dàifu · doctor (spoken)
• 护士 hùshi · nurse
• 体检 tǐjiǎn · check-up, medical
• 量 liáng · to measure
• 体温 tǐwēn · body temperature
• 体重 tǐzhòng · body weight
• 打针 dǎzhēn · to give or get an injection
• 咳 ké · to cough
• 咳嗽 késou · to cough; a cough
• 头痛 tóutòng · headache; to have a headache
• 痛 tòng · pain; painful, sore
• 肚子 dùzi · belly, tummy
• 难受 nánshòu · to feel unwell, awful
• 严重 yánzhòng · serious, severe
• 正常 zhèngcháng · normal
• 血 xiě · blood
• 困 kùn · sleepy; stuck
• 躺 tǎng · to lie down

sentences

• 护士把我的体温量了两次。 · The nurse took my temperature twice.
• 请把这个药按时吃三天。 · Please take this medicine on time for three days.
• 我们公司每年体检一次。 · Our company has a medical check-up once a year.
• 他咳了一个晚上，一点儿也没睡好。 · He coughed all night and didn’t sleep well at all.
• 你头痛就赶紧躺下休息一会儿。 · If you’ve got a headache, lie down and rest for a while straight away.