Chinese words for health and the body
All 50 words, each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in.
Health vocabulary is the set you most regret not having, and the one you are least likely to meet casually.
This is the exact chinese words for health and the body set the LearnScreen app reviews — every word with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in — so nothing here is a sample of something larger you have to pay to see.
Simplified characters, with pinyin and tone marks in the pronunciation column.
All 50 words
| # | Chinese | English | Pinyin | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 医生 | doctor | yīshēng | 我需要看医生。 |
| 2 | 护士 | nurse | hùshi | 护士量我的血压。 |
| 3 | 医院 | hospital | yīyuàn | 医院在大街上。 |
| 4 | 诊所 | clinic | zhěnsuǒ | 附近有一家诊所。 |
| 5 | 药房 | pharmacy | yàofáng | 我在药房买药。 |
| 6 | 药 | medicine | yào | 饭后吃药。 |
| 7 | 药片 | pill, tablet | yàopiàn | 早上吃一片药。 |
| 8 | 处方 | prescription | chǔfāng | 这个需要处方。 |
| 9 | 症状 | symptom | zhèngzhuàng | 你有什么症状? |
| 10 | 诊断 | diagnosis | zhěnduàn | 医生今天做了诊断。 |
| 11 | 治疗 | treatment | zhìliáo | 治疗效果很好。 |
| 12 | 手术 | surgery, operation | shǒushù | 他上周做了手术。 |
| 13 | 注射 | injection, shot | zhùshè | 注射不太疼。 |
| 14 | 绷带 | bandage | bēngdài | 在伤口上缠绷带。 |
| 15 | 头痛 | headache | tóutòng | 我今天头痛得厉害。 |
| 16 | 胃痛 | stomachache | wèitòng | 午饭后我胃痛。 |
| 17 | 发烧 | fever | fāshāo | 她发高烧了。 |
| 18 | 咳嗽 | cough | késou | 我今天一直咳嗽。 |
| 19 | 感冒 | cold | gǎnmào | 我上周感冒了。 |
| 20 | 流感 | flu | liúgǎn | 流感季节从冬天开始。 |
| 21 | 过敏 | allergy | guòmǐn | 我对花生过敏。 |
| 22 | 疼痛 | pain | téngtòng | 我背部疼痛。 |
| 23 | 伤口 | wound | shāngkǒu | 用水清洗伤口。 |
| 24 | 瘀伤 | bruise | yūshāng | 他手臂上有瘀伤。 |
| 25 | 骨折 | fracture | gǔzhé | 她腿骨折了。 |
| 26 | 血液 | blood | xuèyè | 医生今天验了我的血液。 |
| 27 | 血压 | blood pressure | xuèyā | 我的血压正常。 |
| 28 | 脉搏 | pulse | màibó | 医生检查我的脉搏。 |
| 29 | 心脏 | heart | xīnzàng | 健康的心脏很重要。 |
| 30 | 肺 | lung | fèi | 吸烟对肺不好。 |
| 31 | 大脑 | brain | dànǎo | 大脑控制我们的整个身体。 |
| 32 | 骨头 | bone | gǔtou | 他手上的骨头断了。 |
| 33 | 肌肉 | muscle | jīròu | 运动后肌肉疼。 |
| 34 | 皮肤 | skin | pífū | 保护皮肤不被晒伤。 |
| 35 | 喉咙 | throat | hóulóng | 我今天喉咙痛。 |
| 36 | 胃 | stomach | wèi | 吃完东西后胃不舒服。 |
| 37 | 预约 | appointment | yùyuē | 我三点有预约。 |
| 38 | 体检 | examination | tǐjiǎn | 体检大约需要三十分钟。 |
| 39 | X光 | X-ray | X guāng | 医生要拍一张胸部X光。 |
| 40 | 救护车 | ambulance | jiùhùchē | 马上叫救护车! |
| 41 | 急诊 | emergency | jízhěn | 这是急诊,快叫人帮忙! |
| 42 | 疫苗 | vaccine | yìmiáo | 孩子两岁需要接种疫苗。 |
| 43 | 免疫系统 | immune system | miǎnyì xìtǒng | 睡眠有助于免疫系统。 |
| 44 | 健康的 | healthy | jiànkāng de | 她今天看起来很健康。 |
| 45 | 病, 生病 | illness, sickness | bìng | 他的病持续了两周。 |
| 46 | 疾病 | disease | jíbìng | 心脏疾病是一个严重的问题。 |
| 47 | 康复 | recovery | kāngfù | 他的康复又快又顺利。 |
| 48 | 饮食 | diet | yǐnshí | 良好的饮食让你更强壮。 |
| 49 | 运动 | exercise, workout | yùndòng | 每天运动对你有好处。 |
| 50 | 健康状态 | well-being | jiànkāng zhuàngtài | 你的健康状态最重要。 |
How to actually learn them
Worth learning before you need it, which is the whole argument for learning it deliberately.
Reading a list is not learning it. A word needs roughly eight to twelve spaced recall attempts before it stays, which is why the useful question is not how many words to read but how many times you need to meet a word and how to space the reviews.
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