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 your Xianzai.com Emergency Chinese newsletter with a good offline study program.

Describing Your Illness to a Doctor

NEW WORDS:

1) A Cold: gan (3) mao(4)

• You have a cold.
• ni(2) gan(3) mao(4) le.

2) Doctor: yi(1) sheng(1)

• I need a doctor.
• wo(3) xu(1) yao(4) yi(1) ge(4) yi(1) sheng(1).

3) Emergency: jin(3) ji(2) qing(2) kuang(4)

• Help, I have an emergency!
• bang(1) bang(1) mang(2)! wo(3) you(3) jin(3) ji(2) qing(1) kuang(4)!

4) Fever: fa(1) shao(1)

• You have a fever.
• ni(3) fa(1) shao(1) le.

5) The Flu: liu(2) gan(3)

• I think I have the flu.
• wo(3) jue(2) de(1) wo(3) de(2) le(1) liu(2) gan(3).

6) Hospital: yi(1) yuan (4)

• Please drive to the hospital.
• qing(3) kai(1) qu(4) yi(1) yuan(4).

7) Hurts: tong(4)

• That hurts, please stop.
• na(4) er(2) tong(4), qing(3) ting(2) zhu(4).

8) Medicine: yao(4)

• Eat this medicine.
• chi(1) zhe(4) ge(4) yao(4).

9) Pain: teng(2)

• I have pain in my stomach.
• wo(3) de(1) du(4) zi(3) teng(2).

10) Symptoms: zheng(4) zhuang(4)

• What are your symptoms?
• ni(3) de(1) zheng(4) zhuang(4) shi(4) shen(3) me?

11) Vomiting: ou(3) tu(4)

• I have been vomiting.
• wo(3) yi(1) zhi(2) zai(4) ou(3) tu(4).