Health & Wellbeing: Vocabulary for the body, feelings, and health

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Pinyin is the standard romanisation used to show Mandarin pronunciation using the Latin alphabet. You’ll often see tone marks on the vowels to show the four tones (plus the neutral tone), for example mā / má / mǎ / mà / ma. “Numbered pinyin” shows the same tones using a number after the syllable instead of tone marks, for example ma1 / ma2 / ma3 / ma4 / ma (sometimes written as ma5 for the neutral tone). Numbered pinyin is handy when you can’t easily type tone marks, while tone-mark pinyin is usually easier to read once you’re used to it.

病

• Pinyin: bìng
• Numbered pinyin: bing4
• English translation: illness, to get sick

病人

• Pinyin: bìng rén
• Numbered pinyin: bing4 ren2
• English translation: patient

饿

• Pinyin: è
• Numbered pinyin: e4
• English translation: hungry

高兴

• Pinyin: gāo xìng
• Numbered pinyin: gao1 xing4
• English translation: happy

觉得

• Pinyin: jué de
• Numbered pinyin: jue2 de5
• English translation: to think, to feel

看病

• Pinyin: kàn bìng
• Numbered pinyin: kan4 bing4
• English translation: to see a doctor

口

• Pinyin: kǒu
• Numbered pinyin: kou3
• English translation: mouth

身上

• Pinyin: shēn shang
• Numbered pinyin: shen1 shang5
• English translation: on the body

身体

• Pinyin: shēn tǐ
• Numbered pinyin: shen1 ti3
• English translation: body, health

生病

• Pinyin: shēng bìng
• Numbered pinyin: sheng1 bing4
• English translation: to get sick

生气

• Pinyin: shēng qì
• Numbered pinyin: sheng1 qi4
• English translation: to be angry

手

• Pinyin: shǒu
• Numbered pinyin: shou3
• English translation: hand

喜欢

• Pinyin: xǐ huan
• Numbered pinyin: xi3 huan5
• English translation: to like

想

• Pinyin: xiǎng
• Numbered pinyin: xiang3
• English translation: to think, to want

笑

• Pinyin: xiào
• Numbered pinyin: xiao4
• English translation: to smile, to laugh

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