In this short joke, a doctor has to decipher his patient’s bizarre symptoms.
一个人去看医生。
医生问他: “你哪里不舒服?”
病人说: “医生, 我的身体到处都疼!”
医生很惊讶: “到处都疼? 告诉我, 哪里疼?”
病人用手指碰了碰自己的头: “这里疼!”
然后他碰了碰自己的肚子: “这里也疼!”
他又碰了碰自己的腿: “这里也疼!”
医生想了想, 然后笑了。
他说: “我知道你的问题了! 你的身体没问题, 是你的手指坏了!”
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 病人 | bìng rén | patient |
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable |
| 身体 | shēn tǐ | body |
| 疼 | téng | to hurt, painful |
| 惊讶 | jīng yà | surprised |
| 手指 | shǒu zhǐ | finger |
| 碰 | pèng | to touch |
| 肚子 | dù zi | stomach, belly |
| 坏 | huài | broken, bad |
| 一个人 | yī gè rén | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) |
| 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);… |
| 看医生 | kàn yī shēng | to visit a doctor |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 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]) |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 不舒服 | bù shū fu | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 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… |
| 到处 | dào chù | everywhere |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 告 | gào | (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue |
| 诉 | sù | variant of 訴|诉[su4]; to complain; to sue; to tell |
| 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… |
| 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 |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 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] |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3] |
| 然 | rán | correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly |
| 后 | Hòu | surname Hou; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post- |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway |
| 腿 | tuǐ | leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]; hip bone; old variant of 腿[tui3] |
| 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) |
| 笑 | xiào | old variant of 笑[xiao4]; to laugh; to smile; to laugh at |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 没问题 | méi wèn tí | no problem |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 坏了 | huài le | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost |
A man went to see a doctor.
The doctor asked him: “Where do you feel discomfort?”
The patient said: “Doctor, my whole body hurts everywhere!”
The doctor was very surprised: “It hurts everywhere? Tell me, where does it hurt?”
The patient touched his head with his finger: “It hurts here!”
Then he touched his stomach: “It hurts here too!”
He touched his leg again: “It also hurts here!”
The doctor thought about it, then laughed.
He said: “I know your problem now! Your body is fine, it’s your finger that’s broken!”