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 Illness to a Doctor

Dialogue B:
At the Doctor's : zai(4) yi(1) sheng(1) jia(1).

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

Doc: What is it?
zen(3) me(1) la?

Tim: My friend has been vomiting, and he has a bad fever.
wo(3) de(1) peng(2) you(3) yi(1) zhi(2) zai(4) ou(3) tu(4), ta(1) hai(2) fa(1) shao(1) le.

Doc: Is he in pain?
ta(1) teng(2) ma?

Tim: Yes, his stomach hurts.
ta(1) du(4) zi(2) teng(2).

Doc: Get him to a hospital ASAP.
jin(4) kuai(4) ba(3) ta(1) song(4) lai(2) yi(1) yuan(4).

Tim: Does he have the flu?
ta(1) de(2) le(1) liu(2) gan(3) ma?

Doc: I think so, many people have the flu now.
wo(3) xiang(3) shi(4) de, xian(4) zai(4) hen(3) duo(1) ren(2) de(2) le(1) liu(3) gan(3).

Situational Sentences:
qing(2) jing(3) ju(4) zi(4).

1. This is an emergency!
zhe(4) shi(4) ge(4) jin(3) ji(2) qing(2) kuang(4)!

2. Is that Chinese or western medicine?
na(4) shi(4) zhong(1) yao(4) hai(2) shi(4) xi(1) yao(4)?

3. Take this medicine twice a day.
zhe(4) yao(4) yi(1) tian(1) fu(1) liang(3) ci(4).

4. He needs a doctor.
ta(1) dei(3) kan(4) yi(1) sheng(1).

5.Where is the hospital?
yi(1) yuan(4) zai(4) na(3)?

6.Let's go to the hospital ASAP.
rang(4) wo(3) men(2) jin(4) kuai(4) qu(3) yi(1) yuan(4) ba.

7. The hospital is closed for rest-time.
xiu(1) xi(2) shi(2) jian(1) yi(1) yuan(4) bu(4) kai(1) men(2).