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50 essential Traditional Chinese words at the doctor’s

50 Traditional Chinese words worth knowing, picked from the topics Health and medicine, Human body and translated into English.

Health and medicine 25 words

Traditional ChineseEnglish
瘀青bruise
休息rest
健康health
病毒virus
癌症cancer
發燒fever
痊癒to heal
生病的sickAdjective, suffering from an illness
開刀to operate
飲食療法diet
壓力stress
疫苗vaccine
檢驗test
診療所practice
疼痛pain
衛生hygiene
醫院hospital
疾病illness
醫師doctor
病患patientNoun, person under a doctor’s care
醫治to treat
急診emergency
傷口injury
診所clinic
身心障礙disability

Human body 25 words

Traditional ChineseEnglish
骨頭boneHard part of the skeleton
脖子neck
背部back
鼻子nose
視覺sight
眼睛eye
手臂arm
肋骨rib
心臟heart
牙齒tooth
肝臟liver
味覺taste
臉頰cheek
手hand
皮膚skin
腳foot
脾臟spleen
血blood
頭head
聲音voice
身體body
手肘elbow
頭骨skull
手指finger
額頭forehead

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