At the Doctor's

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 医院
  yīyuàn

  hospital

• 医生
  yīshēng

  doctor; medical practitioner

• 病
  bìng

  illness; disease; defect

• 生病
  shēngbìng

  to fall ill

• 舒服
  shūfu

  comfortable; feeling well

• 头
  tóu

  head; hair style; the top

• 疼
  téng

  to love dearly; (it) hurts; sore

• 发烧
  fāshāo

  to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever

• 感冒
  gǎnmào

  (common) cold; can't stand; to catch cold

• 检查
  jiǎnchá

  to examine; to inspect; inspection

• 药
  yào

  medicine; drug; to poison

• 休息
  xiūxi

  to rest; rest

• 严重
  yánzhòng

  grave; serious

• 身体
  shēntǐ

  the body; one's health

• 眼睛
  yǎnjing

  eye

• 肚子
  dùzi

  belly; abdomen; stomach

• 次
  cì

  classifier for enumerated events: time; next in sequence

• 得
  děi

  to have to; to need to; must

• 应该
  yīnggāi

  ought to; should

• 别
  bié

  don't...!; other; another

• 可能
  kěnéng

  might (happen); possible; probable

• 热
  rè

  hot (of weather); heat; fervent

• 冰
  bīng

  ice; (of a person) cold; unfriendly

• 担心
  dānxīn

  anxious; worried; uneasy

• 打针
  dǎzhēn

  to give or get an injection

• 不用
  bùyòng

  need not

• 后天
  hòutiān

  the day after tomorrow; acquired (not innate or congenital)

The lesson’s grammar

• 得 (děi): must, have to

  Subject + 得 (děi) + Verb

• 应该: should, ought to

  Subject + (不) 应该 + Verb

• 别: don't (negative imperative)

  别 + Verb (+ 了)

• Duration: V + (了) + time span

  Verb + (了) + duration (+ 的) + Object / V + O + V + duration

• 可能: maybe, possibly

  Subject + 可能 + Verb / 可能 + Sentence