A passage from a BLCU textbook in which a university student laments about catching a cold.
我病了。 头疼，发烧，嗓子也疼，不想吃东西，晚上咳嗽的很厉害。 上午同学们都去上课了，我一个人在宿舍里，感到很寂寞。 寂寞了就容易想家。 我家里人很多，有哥哥，姐姐，还有一个弟弟。 在家的时候，我们常一起玩儿。 现在，我在北京学习汉语，寂寞的时候就常常想他们。
因为不舒服，所以我今天起得很晚。 起了床就去医院了。 大夫给我检查了一下儿，说我感冒了。 给我打了一针，还开了一些药。 他说，吃了药病就好了。
老师和同学们知道我病了，都来看我。 林老师听说我不想吃东西，还做了一碗面条给我吃。 吃了面条，身上出了很多汗，老师说，出了汗可能不发烧了。
下午，果然不发烧了，喜庆也好了。 我用 Ｅｍａｉｌ 个我姐姐发了一封信。 我说，我在这儿生活得很好，我有很好的老师，还有很多好同学，好朋友，和他们在一起，我感到很愉快。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 病 | bìng | illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 头 | tóu | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 疼 | téng | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |
| 发 | fā | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds); hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 烧 | shāo | to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise; to cook; to prepare food; to run a fever; fever; (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carr… |
| 嗓 | ||
| 子 | zǐ | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders o… |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 东 | Dōng | surname Dong |
| 西 | Xī | the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening |
| 咳 | hāi | sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow |
| 嗽 | sòu | (bound form) to cough |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 厉 | lǐ | strict; severe; fierce; to sharpen; surname Li |
| 害 | hài | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity |
| 上 | shǎng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 午 | wǔ | 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) |
| 同学 | tóng xué | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part);… |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class |
| 一个人 | yī gè rén | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 宿舍 | sù shè | dormitory; dorm room; living quarters; hostel; CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoug… |
| 寂 | jǐ | silent; Taiwan pr. [ji2] |
| 寞 | mǒ | lonesome |
| 就 | jìu | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precise… |
| 容 | Róng | surname Rong |
| 易 | Yì | surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]) |
| 想家 | xiǎng jiā | homesick |
| 家里 | jiā lǐ | home |
| 人 | rén | person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 哥 | gē | elder brother |
| 姐 | jiě | older sister |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 家的 | jiā de | (old) wife |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 候 | hòu | to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days |
| 常 | Cháng | surname Chang |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) |
| 玩儿 | wán r | to play; to have fun; to hang out |
| 现 | xiàn | to appear; present; now; existing; current |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1]) |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 他 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2]) |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 不舒服 | bù shū fu | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; sta… |
| 得很 | de hěn | (after an adjective) very |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening; night; late |
| 床 | chuáng | bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc; variant of 床[chuang2] |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4] |
| 大夫 | dà fū | senior official (in imperial China) |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) |
| 检 | jiǎn | to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint |
| 查 | Zhā | surname Zha |
| 一下儿 | yī xià r | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 冒 | mào | old variant of 冒[mao4]; surname Mao |
| 打 | dá | (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 针 | zhēn | needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]; variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle |
| 还 | Huán | surname Huan |
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, … |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 药 | yào | leaf of the iris; variant of 藥|药[yao4]; medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (… |
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerabl… |
| 师 | Shī | surname Shi |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3… |
| 看 | kān | to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard |
| 林 | Lín | surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, frien… |
| 碗 | wǎn | variant of 碗[wan3]; bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] |
| 面条 | miàn tiáo | noodles |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body; at hand; among |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for…; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 汗 | hán | see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2] |
| 可 | kě | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency … |
| 果 | guǒ | fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really |
| 然 | rán | correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly |
| 喜庆 | xǐ qìng | jubilation; festive |
| 也好 | yě hǎo | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courte… |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 封 | Fēng | surname Feng |
| 信 | xìn | letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 生 | shēng | to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) stu… |
| 活 | huó | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 好朋友 | hǎo péng you | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) |
| 愉 | yú | pleased |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
I’m sick. My head hurts, I have a fever, my throat also hurts, I don’t want to eat anything, and at night I have a serious cough. In the morning my classmates all went to class, and I was the only one left in the dormitory. I feel very lonely. When you’re lonely, it’s easy to miss home. I have a lot of family members – an older brother, older sister, and also a younger brother. When I’m at home, we often play together. Right now, I’m in Beijing studying Chinese, and when I’m lonely I miss them.
Because I don’t feel well, I got up late today. When I got up, I went to the hospital. The doctor gave me a quick checkup and said I have a cold. He gave me one shot [also: IV drip], and also prescribed some medicine. He said, take the medicine and you’ll get better.
My teacher and classmates know I’m sick, so they all came to see me. Teacher Lin heard that I didn’t want to eat anything, so she made me a bowl of noodles. After I ate the noodles, I began to pour sweat. Teacher said, if you sweat, maybe your fever will go away.
In the afternoon, sure enough my fever was gone, and I was in a good mood. I emailed my older sister. I said, I have a very good life here, I have a good teacher and good classmates and good friends, and all together they make me very happy.