day 67feeling ill

feeling ill

Describe how you feel when you are ill, from sneezing and numbness to fainting and choking, and weigh two options with 与其……，宁可 / 宁愿…….

today’s words

• 打喷嚏 dǎpēntì · to sneeze
• 发热 fārè · to have a temperature
• 乏力 fálì · weak, lacking strength
• 虚弱 xūruò · weak, frail
• 衰弱 shuāiruò · feeble, failing
• 昏 hūn · to faint; dizzy, dim
• 昏迷 hūnmí · to be unconscious, in a coma
• 苏醒 sūxǐng · to come round, regain consciousness
• 休克 xiūkè · shock (medical); to go into shock
• 喘 chuǎn · to pant, gasp
• 喘息 chuǎnxī · to gasp; a breather
• 呻吟 shēnyín · to moan, groan
• 呕吐 ǒutù · to vomit
• 腹泻 fùxiè · diarrhoea; to have diarrhoea
• 呛 qiāng · to choke (on food or water)
• 呛 qiàng · to irritate (throat, nose: of smoke)
• 窒息 zhìxī · to suffocate
• 溺水 nìshuǐ · to drown
• 疙瘩 gēda · lump, bump; knot (of worry)
• 胀 zhàng · swollen, bloated
• 麻 má · numb, tingling
• 麻木 mámù · numb; apathetic
• 麻痹 mábì · paralysed; to lull, numb
• 瘫 tān · paralysed; to collapse
• 瘫痪 tānhuàn · to be paralysed; paralysis
• 聋 lóng · deaf
• 哑 yǎ · mute; hoarse
• 瘸 qué · to limp, be lame
• 失明 shīmíng · to lose your sight, go blind
• 尿 niào · urine; to pee
• 屎 shǐ · excrement, poo
• 上火 shànghuǒ · to have too much “inner heat”; to get angry
• 发作 fāzuò · to flare up, have an attack
• 急性 jíxìng · acute (illness)
• 慢性 mànxìng · chronic (illness)

sentences

• 与其硬撑着，我宁可请一天假。 · Rather than struggle on, I’d sooner take a day off.
• 与其天天吃药，宁愿多锻炼身体。 · Better to get more exercise than to take medicine every day.
• 他心脏病发作，突然昏了过去。 · He had a heart attack and suddenly passed out.
• 我一闻到辣椒味就被呛得直咳嗽。 · The moment I smell chilli it catches my throat and I can’t stop coughing.
• 小明马上把大白拉的屎捡走了。 · Xiaoming immediately picked up Dabai’s poo.