“医生,我难受”: get through 急诊 with little Chinese

Emergency hospital communication pack.

Survival · HSK 1–2HSK 2–434 words in this topic (cleaned list)

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Founder of Chinese Trainer. These lists come from the app's HSK inventory (hanzi, pinyin, band), not from an official exam PDF.

— 医生,我难受。发烧。这儿疼。 — 有过敏吗? — 有。青霉素。 That is the pack. Not an essay on the health system. At night, 急诊 does not want HSK 5; it wants a symptom, an allergy, and whether you can walk. 挂号 still exists, but the tone is shorter than 门诊. This page leads with the triage dialogue and only then explains the rows. Chinese Trainer tags every word with HSK; the same rows feed SRS. Save 难受, 疼, 发烧, 过敏 and 急诊 today. The rest (急救, 救护车) if the body cannot walk in. A nurse hears three syllables better than your history translated on a half-dead phone. If you can still talk, do not skip the window: the number stops you getting lost between trolleys.

Patient saying 我难受 at a Chinese hospital 急诊 door at night
Patient saying 我难受 at a Chinese hospital 急诊 door at night

Key takeaways

  • Start from the dialogue: 难受 + where it 疼 + 发烧 + 过敏.
  • Night 急诊 still has 挂号; do not skip the window if you can speak.
  • 过敏 comes before the drip, not after.
  • 急救 / 救护车 if you cannot walk; if you can, 急诊 on foot or by taxi.
  • A Chinese Trainer situation pack, not a medicine syllabus.

Dialogue: 急诊 at two in the morning

The pack starts here. Short lines. The body will not wait for grammar.

SpeakerHanziPinyinEnglish
You急诊!我难受。Jízhěn! Wǒ nánshòu.Emergency! I feel awful.
Window挂号。哪儿不舒服?Guàhào. Nǎr bù shūfu?Register. What's wrong?
You发烧。这儿疼。咳嗽。Fāshāo. Zhèr téng. Késou.Fever. Hurts here. Cough.
Window有过敏吗?Yǒu guòmǐn ma?Any allergy?
You有。青霉素。Yǒu. Qīngméisù.Yes. Penicillin.
Nurse能走吗?叫什么名字?Néng zǒu ma? Jiào shénme míngzi?Can you walk? Name?
You能走。我叫马可。Néng zǒu. Wǒ jiào Mǎkě.I can walk. I'm Marco.
Doctor症状还有吗?吐了吗?Zhèngzhuàng hái yǒu ma? Tù le ma?Any other symptoms? Did you vomit?
You没有吐。药呢?Méiyǒu tù. Yào ne?No. What about medicine?
Doctor先看。不是急救。拿药在药房。Xiān kàn. Bú shì jíjiù. Ná yào zài yàofáng.I'll see you first. Not 急救. Medicine at the pharmacy.
You谢谢。我不舒服。Xièxie. Wǒ bù shūfu.Thanks. I still feel bad.
Nurse等一下。看屏幕。Děng yíxià. Kàn píngmù.Wait. Watch the screen.

How to use these words

Do not open the list alphabetically. Open your mouth. At the 急诊 door you say 我难受, or 救命 if it is bad. You point. 这儿疼. If there is 发烧, it goes in the first sentence. 咳嗽, 吐, 流血: one word. Then 过敏. If there is none, 没有过敏. That is already triage.

If you are still in the street, 叫救护车. 120 is the number. In a taxi, 去最近的医院,急诊. At the window, 挂号,急诊. You do not debate 科室 at 02:00: the symptom decides. Inside, a 护士 asks 叫什么名字 and 哪儿不舒服. Answer short. The 门诊 pack (tests, planned 住院) waits for the next day if you walk out.

Night pharmacy is another queue: sometimes a 24h 药店, not the hospital. 处方 still matters. 急救 is the word on the box; you do not need 心肺复苏 as a sentence. Say the dialogue below twice in a row, standing, as if the strip light hurt. If you only keep four lines, make them 难受, 疼, 发烧 and 过敏. The person who brought you can say 他难受 if you cannot. Practice both voices. Bring the passport to 急诊: night 挂号 stalls without ID too. If you vomit, say it in the first sentence, not in the corridor ten minutes later.

How this list was built

The published count is 34 rows for this situation after exclusions, not the raw keyword match. We checked this inventory against the HSK bands on chinesetest.cn. HSK is the level tagged on each row. Chinese Trainer is the app whose SRS uses the same rows. Chinese emergency room phrases is the situation this page teaches.

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Example sentences

HanziPinyinEnglish
医生,我难受。Yīshēng, wǒ nánshòu.Doctor, I feel awful.
这儿疼。Zhèr téng.It hurts here.
发烧。Fāshāo.I've got a fever.
我有过敏。Wǒ yǒu guòmǐn.I have an allergy.
叫救护车!Jiào jiùhùchē!Call an ambulance!
去急诊。Qù jízhěn.To emergency.
我喘不上气。Wǒ chuǎn bu shàng qì.I can't catch my breath.
他晕了。Tā yūn le.He passed out.
救命!Jiùmìng!Help!
挂号,急诊。Guàhào, jízhěn.Register — emergency.

Word list

34 words in this topic (cleaned list) · HSK 2–4

Triage: 难受 and 疼

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
2楚chǔclear
2难受nánshòuto feel unwell
6头疼tóuténgheadache
7唉ài / āialas
7伤脑筋shāng nǎojīnto be a real headache
7心病xīnbìnganxiety
7感慨gǎnkǎito sigh with sorrow

7 words · Practice them in the app

急诊 and 挂号

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
1医院yīyuànHospital
2出院chūyuànto leave hospital
7当务之急dāngwùzhījítop priority job
7急诊jízhěnto give or receive urgent medical treatment
7挂号guàhàoto register

5 words · Practice them in the app

发烧, 咳嗽, 吐

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
1热rèheat
4发烧fāshāoto have a high temperature
6症状zhèngzhuàngsymptom
7咳嗽késouto cough

4 words · Practice them in the app

过敏

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
5过敏guòmǐnallergic

1 words · Practice them in the app

药 and pharmacy

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
2药yàodrugs
2中医zhōngyītraditional Chinese medical science
2药店yàodiànpharmacy
2药水yàoshuǐmedicine in liquid form
2西医xīyīWestern medicine
4内科nèikēinternal medicine
5中药zhōngyàotraditional Chinese medicine
7处方chǔfāngmedical prescription
7秘方mìfāngsecret recipe

9 words · Practice them in the app

医生 and 护士

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
1医生yīshēngdoctor
3大夫dàifudoctor
4体检tǐjiǎnphysical exam
4医疗yīliáomedical treatment
4治疗zhìliáoto treat
7就医jiùyīto receive medical treatment
7就诊jiùzhěnto doctor
7求医qiúyīto seek medical treatment

8 words · Practice them in the app

Common mistakes

WrongRightWhy
A full 门诊 speech at 02:00难受 / 疼 / 发烧 / 过敏At night triage wants four facts, not your biography.
Skipping 过敏有过敏 / 没有过敏If the allergy is unsaid, the risk is the drip, not the grammar.
叫救护车 for a mild 不舒服 you can walkTaxi or walk to 急诊120 is for when you cannot move. If you can walk, do not block 急救.
Using 救命 as a greeting in a mild queue急诊 / 我难受救命 is real distress. In a cold queue it sounds like panic.
Waiting for perfect 科室 vocabularyName the symptomThe symptom assigns the department. You do not need 呼吸科.

FAQ

What do I say first in 急诊?

我难受, where it 疼, 发烧 if there is one, and 过敏. Then your name. The pack starts from the dialogue, not the theory.

What is the ambulance number?

120. Say 叫救护车 and the address. If you can walk, a taxi to 急诊 is often faster in a city.

Does this pack replace the hospital-care page?

No. That page is daytime 门诊 and 挂号. This is night and triage. They sit together.

Is HSK 2 enough for ER?

To point and say 疼 / 发烧 / 过敏, yes. Long 症状 and advanced 急救 want help or a translation.

How do I practice this pack?

Save the five dialogue words in Chinese Trainer SRS and say it standing, no peeking. Two passes. Then the night pharmacy page.

Practice in the app

The same pack lines feed Chinese Trainer SRS. Start HSK 1–2 free, save 急诊 and 过敏, and run today's deck before you need it for real.

Sources

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