Intermediate - Take Some Medicine (C1688)

A: 你怎么了?哪里不舒服?
nǐ zěnmele? nǎlǐ bù shūfu?
What's the matter? Where do you feel uncomfortable?
B: 我头疼,喉咙也疼。我感冒了。
wǒ tóuténg, hóulóng yě téng. wǒ gǎnmào le.
I have a headache and a sore throat. I have a cold.
A: 你吃药了吗?
nǐ chīyào le ma?
Did you take any medication?
B: 我吃了,但是没用。
wǒ chī le, dànshì méiyòng.
I did, but it didn't work.
A: 我这里有很多感冒药。中药西药都有。我给你一些吧。
wǒ zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō gǎnmàoyào. zhōngyào xīyào dōu yǒu. wǒ gěi nǐ yīxiē ba.
I have a lot of cold medicine here; Chinese medicine and Western. Let me give you some.
B: 太谢谢你了。
tài xièxie nǐ le.
Thank you so much.

Key Vocabulary

舒服 shūfu comfortable
头疼 tóuténg to have a headache
喉咙 hóulóng throat
疼 téng to hurt
感冒 gǎnmào to catch a cold
吃药 chīyào to take medicine
药 yào medicine
但是 dànshì but
没用 méiyòng to be useless
中药 zhōngyào traditional Chinese medicine
西药 xīyào Western medicine
都 dōu all
太 tài too

Supplementary Vocabulary

肚子疼 dùzi téng stomachache
牙疼 yáténg toothache
口字旁 kǒuzìpáng mouth radical
怪怪的 guàiguài de strange
发烧 fāshāo to have a fever
咳嗽 késou to have a cough

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