Chinese vocabulary · 29 words
Health Words in Chinese
The medical words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 医院yīyuànhospital
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 大夫dàifudoctor
- 护士hùshinurse
- 病人bìngrénsick person
- 健康jiànkānghealth
- 身体shēntǐbody
- 生病shēngbìngto fall ill
- 病bìngillness
- 药yàomedicine
- 药店yàodiànpharmacy
- 打针dǎzhēnto give or receive an injection
- 检查jiǎncháto check
- 挂号guàhàoto register (at a hospital)
- 急诊jízhěnemergency treatment
- 手术shǒushùsurgery
- 住院zhùyuànto be hospitalized
- 救护车jiùhùchēambulance
- 感冒gǎnmàocold
- 发烧fāshāoto have a fever
- 咳嗽késoucough
- 疼téngto ache
- 过敏guòmǐnallergy
- 受伤shòushāngto be injured
- 体温tǐwēnbody temperature
- 血压xuèyāblood pressure
- 病毒bìngdúvirus
- 疫苗yìmiáovaccine
- 休息xiūxito rest
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How do you say hospital in Chinese?
医院 (yīyuàn). The most common medical words are 医生 (yīshēng, doctor), 大夫 (dàifu, doctor), 护士 (hùshi, nurse).
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