MEDICAL CHINESE

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Medications

	Written/ Spoken Mandarin			Spoken Cantonese
	Traditional	Simplified	Hanyu Pinyin	Traditional	Cantonese Yale romanization
What medicines do you take?	你吃甚麼藥？	你吃什么药？	ni3 chi1 shen2 me yao4	你食乜嘢藥？	nei5 sik6 mat1 ye5 yeuk6	What medicines do you take?
Do you take any ___?	你有沒有吃 _____?	你有没有吃_____?	ni2 you3 mei2 you3 chi1__?	你有冇食_____?	nei5 yau5 mou5 sik6	Do you take any ___?
vitamins	維他命	维他命	wei2 ta1 ming4	維他命	wai4 ta1 min4	vitamins
supplements	其他补品	其他补品	qi2 ta1 bu2 pin3	其他补品	kei4 ta1 bou2 ban2	supplements
herbs	草葯	草药	cao3 yao4	草藥	chou2 yeuk6	herbs

Allergies

	Written/ Spoken Mandarin			Spoken Cantonese
	Traditional	Simplified	Hanyu Pinyin	Traditional	Cantonese Yale romanization
Do you have any allergies to ___?	你對___有沒有過敏？	你对___有没有过敏？	ni2 dui4 ___ you3 mei2 you3 guo4 min3	你對_____有冇過敏？	nei5 deui3_____ yau5 mou5 gwo3 man5	Do you have any allergies to ___?
medicines	藥	药	yao4	藥	yeuk6	medicines
food	食物	食物	shi2 wu4	食物	sik6 mat6	food
other things?	其他的東西	其他的东西	qi2 ta1 de dong1 xi1	其他嘢	kei4 ta1 ye5	other things?
Which medicines/food?	甚麼 藥/食物？	什么 药/食物？	shen2 me yao4/shi2 wu4	乜嘢 藥 / 食物?	mat1 ye5 yeuk6 / sik6 mat6	Which medicines/food?
What happens?	甚麼反應？	什么反应？	shen2 me fan3 ying4	有乜嘢反應？	yau5 mat1 ye5 faan2 ying3	What happens?
Did you have rashes?	出疹嗎?	出疹吗？	chu1 zhen3 ma	有冇出疹?	yau5 mou5 cheut1 chan2	Did you have rashes?
Did you have trouble breathing?	呼吸困難嗎?	呼吸困难吗？	hu1 xi1 kun4 nan2 ma	有冇呼吸困難?	yau5 mou5 fu1 kap1 kwan3 naan4	Did you have trouble breathing?
What antibiotics have you taken?	你吃過那一種抗生素?	你吃过那一种抗生素?	ni3 chi1 guo4 na3 yi1 zhong3 kang4 sheng1 su4	你食過乜嘢抗生素?	nei5 sik6 gwo3 mat1 ye5 kong3 sang1 sou3	What antibiotics have you taken?
Have you had penicillin?	你吃過盤尼西林嗎？	你吃过盘尼西林吗？	ni3 chi1 guo4 pan2 ni2 xi1 lin2 ma	你有冇食過盤尼西林？	nei5 yau5 mou5 sik6 gwo3 pan2 nei4 sai1 lam4	Have you had penicillin?
Have you ever had a ____?	你有沒有___?	你有没有___?	ni2 you3 mei2 you3	你有冇____?	nei5 yau5 mou5____?	Have you ever had a ____?
blood transfusion	輸過血	输过血	shu1 guo4 xie3	輸過血	syu1 gwo3 hyut3	blood transfusion
anesthesias	打過麻醉針	打过麻醉针	da3 guo4 ma2 zui4 zhen1	打過麻醉針	da2 gwo3 ma4 jeui3 jam1	anesthesias
Did it produce a reaction?	有沒有反應？	有没有反应？	you3 mei2 you3 fan3 ying4	有冇反應？	yau5 mou5 faan2 ying3	Did it produce a reaction?