EP134 养生之道 Health Issues

 Chinese 101: How Chinese People Talk about Health Matters

 

Grammar: Expressing "not very" with "不太"

 

Language Tips:养生之道Chinese Health Concepts You Should Know about

 

Song: 《本草纲目》 周杰伦 Compendium of Materia Medica Jay chou

 

Dialogue:

 

A:你感冒了吗?说话声音不太对。

 

Nǐ gǎn mào le ma ?Shuō huà shēng yīn bú tài duì 。

 

Did you caught a cold? Your voice sounds ill.

 

B:我昨晚睡觉吹了一夜空调,可能是着凉了。

 

Wǒ zuó wǎn shuì jiào chuī le yī yè kōng tiáo,kě néng shì zháo liáng le 。

 

I kept the air-condition opening for a whole night during my sleep,

 

May be I caught a chill.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【感冒】gǎn mào: catch a cold

 

【说话】shuō huà: speak, talk

 

【声音】shēng yīn: voice

 

【昨晚】zuó wǎn: last night

 

【睡觉】shuì jiào: sleep

 

【吹】chuī:blow

 

【空调】kōng tiáo: air-condition

 

【可能】kě néng: maybe

 

【着凉】zháo liáng: catch a chill