Practice how to describe common health problems using body part vocabulary and simple sentence patterns
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| Do you know how to talk about health problems in Chinese? |
| Welcome to Three Step Chinese Practice by ChineseClass101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to describe common health problems using body part vocabulary and simple sentence patterns. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| 杰森，你看起来不舒服。怎么了？(Jiésēn, nǐ kàn qǐlái bù shūfu. Zěnme le?) |
| "Jason, you don't look well. What's wrong?" |
| 我头疼，肚子也不舒服。(Wǒ tóu téng, dùzi yě bù shūfu.) |
| "I have a headache, and my stomach also feels unwell." |
| Let's review how to describe feeling unwell in Chinese. |
| The basic sentence pattern is: |
| [Subject] + [Body Part] + 疼 / 不舒服 |
| This translates as: "[Someone's] [body part] hurts or feels unwell." |
| Use 疼 (téng) when describing physical pain—like a headache or toothache. For example, 头疼 (tóu téng) means "headache," and 牙疼 (yá téng) means "toothache." |
| Use 不舒服 (bù shūfu) when something feels off or uncomfortable, even if it's not sharp pain. For example, 肚子不舒服 (dùzi bù shūfu) for stomach discomfort, or |
| 眼睛不舒服 (yǎnjing bù shūfu) if your eyes feel irritated. |
| In this lesson's sentence, we combined both: |
| 我头疼，肚子也不舒服。(Wǒ tóu téng, dùzi yě bù shūfu.) |
| This is a natural way to describe multiple symptoms at once. |
| Let's practice this grammar in this episode! |
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