Yoyo Chinese 45 (medicine) Flashcards
This name is easy to remember
Zhège míngzi hǎojì
noisy (3 ways)
Chǎo
Chǎonào
Nào
Listening to it makes me feel annoyed
Tīngzhe xīnfán
Delicate/fragile (physically or emotionally, has a negative connotation)
Jiāoqì
I thought you would come, but you didn’t
Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ huì lái,kěshì nǐ méi lái
Note you don’t use “méi” and “le” together
Sure enough, as expected (adv)
Guǒrán
I THOUGHT so!
Lit sure enough, in this way
Guǒrán rúcǐ
If you got sick, would you go to see a Chinese medicine doctor or a Western medicine doctor?
Yàoshì shēngbìng le, nǐ huì qù kàn zhōngyī háishì xīyī
I got sick (I came down with an illness) vs
I am sick
Wǒ shēngbìng le vs
Wǒ bìng le
I’m really/severely sick (two ways)
Wǒ bìng de hěn lìhài
Wǒ bìng de hěn yánzhòng
*Note bìng is an action verb, so you cannot say wǒ hěn bìng
This type of illness is very serious
Zhè zhǒng bìng hěn yánzhòng
(note bìng can be a verb and also a noun)
To take effect
Jiànxiào
The illness is cured
Bìng hǎo
Here bìng is subject and hǎo is verb
Adverb meaning “thoroughly”
Chèdǐ
Even though Chinese medicine is slow to take effect, the illness is cured thoroughly
Suīrán zhōngyào jiànxiào màn, dànshì bìng hǎo de chèdǐ