MEDICAL CHINESE

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Review of systems

 

General

Head

Eyes

Ears

Nose

Teeth/gums

Throat

Neck/Lymph nodes

Breasts

Heart

Lungs

Gastrointestinal

Genitourinary

Extremities/joints

Skin

Endocrine

Nervous system

Emotional

 

 

Written/ Spoken Mandarin

Spoken Cantonese

 

 

Traditional

Simplified

Hanyu Pinyin

Traditional

Cantonese Yale romanization

 

Do you have these problems

你有這些的毛病?

你有这些的毛病吗?

ni3 you3 zhe1 xie1 de mao2 bing4 ma

你有呢啲毛病?

nei5 yau5 mou5 li1 di1 mou4 beng6

Do you have these problems

Do you have ______ [in your (location)]?*

[ (location)] ______ ?

[ (location)] ______ 吗?

ni2 [de ()] you3 ____ ma

[(location)]有冇______?

nei5 [ge3()] yau5 mou5 ______

Do you have ______ [in your (location)]?*

*symptoms listed not already in the form of a question can generally be placed within this sentence

 

 

Written/ Spoken Mandarin

Spoken Cantonese

 

General

 

 

 

 

 

General

Fever

發燒

发烧

fa1 shao1

發燒

faat3 siu1

Fever

Sweats

出汗

出汗

chu1 han4

出汗

cheut1 hon6

Sweats

Chills

發冷

发冷

fa1 leng3

發冷

faat3 laang5

Chills

Fatigue

疲勞

疲劳

pi2 lao2

疲勞

pei4 lou4

Fatigue

Weight change

体重改變

体重改变

ti3 zhong4 gai3 bian4

体重改變

tai2 chung5 goi2 bin3

Weight change

Good appetite

食欲不振

食欲不振 

shi2 yu4 bu4 zhen4

食欲不振

sik6 yuk6 bat1 jan3

Good appetite

 

 

Written/ Spoken Mandarin

Spoken Cantonese

 

Head

tou2

tau4

Head

Headaches

頭痛

头痛

tou2 tong4

頭痛

tau4 tung3

Headaches

Do you feel ____?

你覺得___?

你觉得要__?

ni3 jue2 de2 ___ ma

你係唔係覺得

nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 gok3 dak1

Do you feel ____?

 

faint

要暈倒

要晕倒

yao4 yun1 dao3

要暈低

yiu3 wan4 dai1

faint

lightheaded/ dizzy

頭昏眼花

头昏眼花

tou2 hun1 yan3 hua1

頭昏眼花

tau4 fan1 ngaan5 fa1

lightheaded/ dizzy

Does the room seem to be spinning?

你覺得房間在轉動嗎?

你觉得房间在转动吗?

ni3 jue2 de fang2 jian1 zai4 zhuan3 dong4 ma

你覺得房間係度轉動嗎

nei5 gok3 dak1 fong2 gaan1 hai6 dou6 jyun3 dung6 ma3

Does the room seem to be spinning?

Do you ever lose consciousness?

你失去過知覺

你失去过知觉吗?

ni3 shi1 qu4 guo4 zhi1 jue2 ma

你係唔係失去過知覺

nei5 hai6 m4 hai6 sat1 heui3 gwo3 ji1 gok3

Do you ever lose consciousness?

 

 

Written/ Spoken Mandarin

Spoken Cantonese

 

Eyes

眼睛

眼睛

yan3 jing1

眼睛

ngaan5 jing1

Eyes

Is your vision all right?

你的視力好嗎

你的视力好吗?

ni3 de shi4 li4 hao3 ma

視力好唔好

nei5 ge3 si64 lik6 hou2 m4 hou2

Is your vision all right?

Do you wear eyeglasses?

你戴眼鏡

你戴眼镜吗?

ni3 dai4 yan3 jing4 ma

你有冇戴眼鏡

nei5 yau5 mou5 daai3 ngaan5 geng3

Do you wear eyeglasses?

Any recent vision changes?

最近視力有任何改變嗎

最近视力有任何改变吗?

zui4 jin4 shi4 li4 you3 ren4 he2 gai3 bian4 ma

最近視力有冇任何改變

jeui3 gan6 si6 lik6 yau5 mou5 yam4 ho4 goi2 bin3

Any recent vision changes?

Do your eyes ever have these problems?

你的眼睛有這些的毛病嗎

你的眼睛有这些的毛病吗?

ni3 de yan3 jing1 you3 zhe1 xie1 de mao2 bing4 ma?

眼睛冇呢啲毛病

nei5 ge3 ngaan5 jing1 yau5 mou5 li1 di1 mou4 beng6

Do your eyes ever have ______?

Double vision

復視

复视

fu4 shi4

復視

fuk6 si6

Double vision

Blurring

視綫摸糊

视线模糊

shi4 xian1 mo2 hu2

視綫模糊

si6 sin3 mou4 wu4

Blurring

Red eyes

紅眼

红眼

hong2 yan3

紅眼

hung4 ngaan5

Redness

Discharge

分泌物

分泌物

fen1 bi4 wu4

分泌物

fan1 bei3 mat6

Discharge

Excess tearing

眼淚過多

眼泪过多

yan3 lei4 guo4 duo1

眼淚過多

ngaan5 leui6 gwo3 do1

Excess tearing

Spots

黑點

黑点

hei1 dian3

黑點

haak1 dim2

Spots

Flashes

閃亮光

闪亮光

shan3 liang4 guang1

閃亮光

sim2 leung6 gwong1

Flashes

 

 

Written/ Spoken Mandarin

Spoken Cantonese

 

Ears

耳朵

耳朵

er3 duo

耳仔

yi5 jai2

Ears

Do you hear well?

得清楚嗎

得清楚吗?

ni3 ting1 de qing1 chu3 ma

唔聽得清楚

nei5 teng1 m4 teng1 dak1 ching1 cho2

Do you hear well?

From both ears? 

耳朵都清楚嗎

两个耳朵都清楚吗?

liang3 ge2 er3 duo1 dou1 qing1 chu3 ma

兩個耳仔都清楚嗎?

leung5 go3 yi5 jai2 dou1 ching1 cho2 ma3

From both ears? 

Earache

耳中疼痛

耳中疼痛

er3 zhong1 teng2 tong4

耳中痛

yi5 jung1 tung3

Earache

Discharge

分泌物

分泌物

fen1 bi4 wu4

分泌物

fan1 bei3 mat6

Discharge

Tinnitus

耳鳴

耳鸣

er3 ming2

耳鳴

yi5 ming4

Tinnitus

 

 

Written/ Spoken Mandarin

Spoken Cantonese

 

Nose

鼻子

鼻子

bi2 zi

鼻哥

bei6 go1

Nose

Nosebleeds

鼻出血

鼻出血

bi2 chu1 xie3

流鼻血

lau4 bei6 hyut3

Nosebleeds

Runny nose

流鼻涕

流鼻涕

liu2 bi2 ti4

流鼻涕

lau4 bei6 tai3

Runny nose

Stuffy nose

鼻塞

鼻塞

bi2 sai1

鼻塞

bei6 sak1

Stuffy nose

Sinus problems

鼻窦毛病

鼻窦毛病

bi2 dou4 mao2 bing4

鼻窦毛病

bei6 dau6 mou4 beng6

Sinus problems

Change in smell

嗅覺改變 

嗅觉改变 

xiu4 jue2 gai3 bian4

嗅覺