Chinese Class--Survival Chinese: How to Get Medicine at the Pharmacy

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Traditional Characters

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取药

Getting medicine

A：请问，这个医院的药房在哪儿？
Excuse me. Where is the pharmacy in this hospital?

B: 在一楼。
On the first floor.

......

A：你好，是在这儿取药吗？
May I ask if this is the place to pick up medicine?

C：对，你的药方呢？
Yes, your prescription?

A：是这张吧？
Is this it?

C：是，请稍等。
Yes, please wait a moment.

......

C：麦克。......你叫麦克？
Michael…Are you Michael?

A：我是麦克。
I'm Michael.

C：这是你的药。这种药，每天三次，一次两片，饭后半小时吃。这种是中药，每天两次，一次一丸。
Here are your medicines. Take this medicine three times a day, two tablets at a time, and 30 minutes after meals. The other is traditional Chinese medicine, and take it one pill at a time and twice a day.

A：也是饭后吃吗？
Also after meals?

C：对。
Yes.

A：谢谢！
Thank you.

C：不客气。
You are welcome.

Grammar

Traditional Characters

Summary

Asking about places

Directions for how to take medicine (part one)

Directions for how to take medicine (part two)

1.	Asking about places

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Asking about various places in a hospital

2.	Directions for how to take medicine (part one)

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Oral medication

3.	Directions for how to take medicine (part two)

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Non-oral medication

Sentence Patterns


1. Shì zài zhèr qǔ yào ma?
是在这儿取药吗？		a
May I ask if this is the place to pick up medicine?


2. Zhè zhǒng yào, měi tiān sān cì,
这种药，每天三次，
yícì liǎng piàn, fàn hòu bàn xiǎoshí chī.
一次两片，饭后半小时吃。		b
Take this medicine three times a day, two tablets at a time, 30 minutes after eating.


3. Zhè zhǒng shì zhōngyào,
这种是中药，
měi tiān liǎng cì, yí cì yì wán.
每天两次，一次一丸。		c
This is traditional Chinese medicine. Take it one pill at a time, twice a day.

Expansion

病历卡 (bìng lì kǎ) Medical History Card

血型 (xuèxíng) blood type
病史 (bìnglì) medical record
药物过敏 (yàowù guòmǐn) drug allergy

紧急求助电话 (Jǐnjí qiúzhù diànhuà)：
Emergency Telephone Numbers:

Zài wǒmen de rìchángshēnghuó zhōng, dōu miǎnbùliǎo jǐnjí de qíngkuàn,
在我们的日常生活中，都免不了紧急的情况，
zhèlǐ jièshào jǐge jǐnjí qiúzhù diànhuà.
这里介绍几个紧急求助电话。

There are situations in life where we need to make emergency requests for assistance. Below are a few emergency telephone numbers in China:

120 或 999 —— “我生病了！” Yāoèrlíng huò jiǔjiǔjiǔ - "Wǒ shēngbìng le!" 120 or 999 - "I am sick!"	119 —— “着火了！” Yāoyāojiǔ - "Zháohuǒle!" 119 - "Fire!"
110 —— “我迷路了！” Yāoyāolíng - "Wǒ mílù le!" 110 - "I'm lost!"

Discussion

Do you need a prescription filled? In this Chinese class, you will learn daily Chinese expressions such as before/after a meal, where is the pharmacy and take these pills three times a day.

Comments

takak says

Hi 
Nin hao ma?
What is the meaning of 种 origenally?

Takako

March 1, 2012 Reply

Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) in reply to takak

Hi Takako,
你好(nǐhǎo)！
“种(zhǒng)” means type or kind in this lesson.  For example,
这(zhè)种(zhǒng)苹果(píngguǒ)很(hěn)好吃(hǎochī)。
This kind of apple is very delicious.

March 2, 2012 Reply

Instructor:	Candice
Length:	20:32
Introduction:	Ask about the location of a pharmacy and understand the explanation by a pharmacist on how to take the medicine.


取取	v.	qǔ	to pick up/to get
药藥	n.	yào	medicine
医院醫院	n.	yīyuàn	hospital
药房藥房	n.	yàofáng	pharmacy
对對	adj.	duì	right
药方藥方	n.	yàofāng	prescription
张張	measure word	zhāng	sheet (of paper, etc.)
天天	n.	tiān	day
每每	pron.	měi	each/every (day, etc.)
片片	measure word	piàn	(medicine) tablet
饭飯	n.	fàn	meal
后後	n.	hòu	after
半半	num.	bàn	half
小时小時	n.	xiǎoshí	hour
中药中藥	n.	zhōngyào	traditional Chinese medicine
丸丸	measure word	wán	(medicine) pill