Medicine in Chinese: conversation questions
A language island is a set of answers you prepare in advance to the questions people really ask you, then repeat until they come out automatically. Here are 8 everyday questions about medicine in Mandarin Chinese. Write your answers in English, get a natural Chinese translation from an AI chat, and practise them with audio.
- 你家附近有药店吗？Is there a pharmacy near your home?
- 你吃维生素吗？Do you take vitamins?
- 你怕吃药吗？Do you hate taking medicine?
- 你家里常备什么药？What medicine do you keep at home?
- 你头疼的时候会吃止疼药吗？Do you take painkillers when you have a headache?
- 你吃过中药吗？感觉怎么样？Have you ever taken Chinese medicine? What was it like?
- 生病时你更喜欢吃药还是多休息？When you're ill, do you prefer taking medicine or resting?
- 你觉得中药和西药哪个更好？为什么？Which do you think is better, Chinese or Western medicine? Why?
Learn the words first
The Medicine word list has the 12 words you'll need for these answers, with pinyin and audio.