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
téng to hurt
感冒 gǎnmào to catch a cold
吃药 chīyào to take medicine
yào medicine
但是 dànshì but
没用 méiyòng to be useless
中药 zhōngyào traditional Chinese medicine
西药 xīyào Western medicine
dōu all
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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