Learning Mandarin Online-Survival Chinese: Seeing a Doctor

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看病

Seeing a doctor

（挂号）
(Registration at a hospital)

A：您好，您挂什么科？
Hello, which (medical) department would you like to register in?

B：我咳嗽、头疼......
I have a cough and a headache.

A:挂内科。
(You should go to the) Department of Internal Medicine.

（看病）
(Seeing a doctor now)

C：你哪儿不舒服？
What's your problem?

B：大夫，我嗓子疼、咳嗽，还头疼。
Doctor, I have a sore throat, a cough and a headache.

C：量量体温。
Let me take your temperature.

......
(Pause for a moment)

C：38 度 5，发烧了。你得验血。
Thirty eight point five degrees centigrade. You have a fever and need to take a blood test.

B：好。化验室在哪儿？
Ok. Where is the lab?

C：在二楼。
On the second floor.

Grammar

Traditional Characters

Summary

In a hospital (part one)

In a hospital (part two)

In a hospital (part three)

Explaining health conditions to doctors

The doctor explains the situation to the patient.

1.	In a hospital (part one)

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Asking about different departments in a hospital

2.	In a hospital (part two)

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Asking health condition

3.	In a hospital (part three)

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Asking about different places in a hospital

4.	Explaining health conditions to doctors

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5.	The doctor explains the situation to the patient.

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Sentence Patterns


1. Nǐ guà shénme kē?
你挂什么科？		a
Which (medical) department would you like to register in?


2. Nèikē.
内科。		b
Department of Internal Medicine.


3. Nǐ nǎr bù shūfu?
你哪儿不舒服?		c
What's your problem?


4. Dàifu, wǒ sǎngzi téng, késou, hái tóu téng.
大夫，我嗓子疼，咳嗽、还头疼。		d
Doctor, I have a sore throat, a cough and a headache.


5. Nǐ fā shāo le, děi yàn xuè.
你发烧了，得验血。		e
You have a fever and need to take a blood test.


6. Huàyàn shì zài nǎr?
化验室在哪儿？		f
Where is the lab?


7. Zài èr lóu.
在二楼。		g
On the second floor.

Expansion

1. 医院主要科室名称 (Yīyuàn zhǔyào kēshì míngchēng)：
Departments in Hospitals:

内科 (nèi kē) Department of Internal Medicine	外科 (wài kē) Department of Surgery
口腔科 (kǒuqiāng kē) Department of Dentistry	五官科 (wǔguān kē) Department of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology
儿科 (ér kē) Department of Pediatrics	妇科 (fù kē) Department of Gynecology
皮肤科 (pífū kē) Department of Dermatology	挂号室 (guàhào shì) Registration Office
急诊室 (jízhěn shì) Emergency Room	化验室(huàyàn shì) Laboratory
注射室 (zhùshè shì) Injection Room	X光室 (Xguāng shì) X-ray Room

2. 人体部位图 (Réntǐ bùwèi tú)：
Diagram of Human Body Parts:

头发 (tóufa) hair, 头 (tóu) head, 脸 (liǎn) face,

脖子 (bózi) neck, 肩 (jiān) shoulder, 胳膊 (gēbo) arm,

手 (shǒu) hand, 手指 (shǒuzhǐ) finger, 腿 (tuǐ) leg, 脚 (jiǎo) foot.

Discussion

Need to see a doctor? First, make sure that you can describe your symptoms accurately. In this lesson, you will learn daily Chinese expressions such as what's bothering you, register (in a hospital), department, cough and doctor.

Comments

Instructor:	Candice
Length:	20:30
Introduction:	Register in a hospital in China, describe health conditions to doctors, and recognize different departments in hospitals.


看看	v.	kàn	to see
病病	n.	bìng	disease/illness
看病看病		kàn bìng	to see a doctor
挂挂	v.	guà	to register
科科	n.	kē	department
咳嗽咳嗽	v.	késou	to cough
头頭	n.	tóu	head
疼疼	v./n.	téng	to ache/pain
头疼頭疼		tóuténg	headache
内科內科	n.	nèikē	Department of Internal Medicine
不舒服不舒服		bù shūfu	uncomfortable/feel bad
大夫大夫	n.	dàifu	doctor
嗓子嗓子	n.	sǎngzi	throat
嗓子疼嗓子疼		sǎngzi téng	to have a sore throat
量量	v.	liáng	to measure
体温體溫	n.	tǐwēn	temperature
发烧發燒	v.	fā shāo	have a fever
验驗	v.	yàn	to test
血血	n.	xuè	blood
验血驗血		yàn xuè	to have a blood test
化验室化驗室	n.	huàyàn shì	lab
二楼二樓		èr lóu	the second floor