day 12at the doctor’s
unit 2 · food & healthat the doctor’s
Describe symptoms to a doctor, understand the advice, and say “it took ages” with 好不容易.
today’s words
- 好容易 hǎoróngyì · with great difficulty, at last
- 好不 hǎobù · how very …! (before adjectives)
- 症状 zhèngzhuàng · symptom
- 不适 bùshì · unwell, discomfort
- 发炎 fāyán · to become inflamed
- 炎症 yánzhèng · inflammation
- 肿 zhǒng · swollen
- 痒 yǎng · itchy
- 恶心 ěxin · sick, nauseous; disgusting
- 吐 tǔ · to spit out, breathe out
- 吐 tù · to vomit, throw up
- 晕 yūn · dizzy; to faint
- 嗓子 sǎngzi · throat; voice
- 发病 fābìng · to fall ill, have an attack
- 患 huàn · to suffer from (an illness)
- 患者 huànzhě · patient
- 内科 nèikē · internal medicine
- 外科 wàikē · surgery (department)
- 儿科 érkē · paediatrics
- 针 zhēn · needle; injection
- 服用 fúyòng · to take (medicine, formal)
- 服 fú · to take (medicine)
- 医药 yīyào · medicine, medical
- 不宜 bùyí · not advisable, should not
sentences
- 医院太大了，我们好容易才找到儿科。 · The hospital is huge: it took us ages to find paediatrics.
- 医生问我有什么症状。 · The doctor asked what my symptoms were.
- 我嗓子疼，好像发炎了。 · My throat hurts: I think it’s inflamed.
- 他吃了变质的东西，吐了一个晚上。 · He ate something that had gone off and was sick all night.
- 这种药饭后服用，一天三次。 · Take this medicine after meals, three times a day.