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我的脚很疼 My foot really hurts
Body parts (脚 / 手 / 头 / 眼睛 / 耳朵 / 嘴 / 鼻子) + 疼 / 痛. Introduces noun-as-predicate sentences: 我头疼 (literally "I head ache").
Hội thoại
我的脚很疼 — My foot really hurts
- 白文 王月! 真的是你. 你怎么走得这么慢? Wang Yue! It really is you. Why are you walking so slowly?
- 王月 我的脚很疼. 走路不太好. My foot really hurts. Walking isn't great.
- 白文 我也是. 我手疼, 头也疼. Me too. My hand hurts, and my head hurts.
- 王月 啊, 你身体不太好吧? Oh, you're not feeling well either?
- 白文 不太好. 累累的, 还疼. Not great. Tired, and aching too.
Hội thoại
你哪儿疼? — Where does it hurt?
- 王月 我们坐一会儿. 你哪儿疼? Let's sit a bit. Where does it hurt?
- 白文 我头疼. 眼睛也不太好. 你呢? My head aches. My eyes aren't great either. And you?
- 王月 我脚疼. 手有点儿痛. 头还好. My foot aches. My hand is a bit painful. Head is OK.
- 白文 耳朵呢? 嘴呢? 鼻子呢? What about ears? Mouth? Nose?
- 王月 都还好. 就是脚. All fine. It's just my foot.
Hội thoại
我们应该看医生 — We should see a doctor
- 白文 我们都不太好. 应该看医生吧? Neither of us is well. We should see a doctor?
- 王月 是的. 一定要看医生. 我家旁边有医院. Yes. We have to see a doctor. There's a clinic next to my place.
- 白文 好. 明天一起去吗? Good. Want to go together tomorrow?
- 王月 可以. 明天上午吧. OK. Tomorrow morning then.
- 白文 太好了. 你先休息. Perfect. You go rest first.
Từ vựng
| 汉字 | Pinyin | Từ loại | Nghĩa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 疼 | téng | adj./v. | hurt; ache |
| 痛 | tòng | adj. | painful (formal pair with 疼) |
| 脚 | jiǎo | n. | foot |
| 手 | shǒu | n. | hand (Level 1 revisit) |
| 头 | tóu | n. | head (Level 1 revisit) |
| 眼睛 | yǎnjing | n. | eyes |
| 耳朵 | ěrduo | n. | ears |
| 嘴 | zuǐ | n. | mouth |
| 鼻子 | bízi | n. | nose |
| 白文 | Bái Wén | pn. | Bai Wen (persona — American grad student studying TCM and Chinese culture) |
Chữ mới
| 汉字 | Pinyin | Từ loại | Nghĩa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 脚 | jiǎo | foot | |
| 疼 | téng | hurt; ache (chapter pain anchor) | |
| 头 | tóu / tou | head (tóu); noun-suffix (tou, light) 低头 dī tóu — lower the head; look down回头看 huí tóu kàn — look back | |
| 眼 | yǎn | eye (in 眼睛) 眼睛 yǎnjing — eyes | |
| 睛 | jing | (in 眼睛 = eyes) 眼睛 yǎnjing — eyes | |
| 痛 | tòng | painful (formal pair with 疼) | |
| 耳 | ěr | ear (in 耳朵) 耳朵 ěrduo — ears | |
| 朵 | duo | (in 耳朵 = ears) 耳朵 ěrduo — ears | |
| 嘴 | zuǐ | mouth | |
| 鼻 | bí | nose (in 鼻子) 鼻子 bízi — nose |
Chữ Hán — viết & nhận biết
téng hurt; ache (chapter pain anchor) Viết
Phono-semantic compound: 疒 (sickness radical, the same one in 病) + 冬 (dōng, phonetic). Original sense: "the sickness feeling = pain". Modern: the colloquial "hurt / ache" — pairs with the more formal 痛.
jiǎo foot Viết
Phono-semantic compound: 月 (flesh / body-part radical — when 月 appears on the LEFT it means flesh, not moon) + 却 (què, phonetic). Modern: "foot / leg-base". The 月-flesh radical heads many body-part characters: 脚 / 脸 / 肚 / 胸 — knowing this radical lets you recognize body-part characters at a glance.
tóu / tou head (tóu); noun-suffix (tou, light) Viết
shǒu hand Viết
tòng painful (formal pair with 疼) Nhận biết
yǎn eye (in 眼睛) Nhận biết
zuǐ mouth Nhận biết
bí nose (in 鼻子) Nhận biết
ěr ear (in 耳朵) Nhận biết
Ngữ pháp
名词谓语句 — noun-as-predicate sentences 名词谓语句 — when a noun (or noun phrase) acts as the predicate
中文里, 名词或名词短语可以直接作谓语, 不需要"是". 句式: 主语 + 名词 (+ 形容词 / 动词). 例: 我头疼 = "I [my] head ache" = "My head hurts". 我脚很疼 = "I [my] foot really hurts". 这种句式在身体感受 / 天气 / 时间 句中常用. 注意: (1) 不要加"是"——我是头疼 是错的. (2) 整句的语义是"主语关于名词的状态", 不是"主语等于名词".
In Mandarin, a noun (or noun phrase) can directly serve as the predicate without 是 (be). Pattern: Subject + Noun (+ adj/verb). Example: 我头疼 = literally "I head ache" = "My head hurts". 我脚很疼 = "My foot really hurts". This sentence type is common for body-feelings, weather, and time. CRITICAL: don't insert 是 — 我是头疼 is wrong. The sentence means "subject's STATE relative to the noun", not "subject = noun".
- 我的脚很疼. Wǒ de jiǎo hěn téng. My foot really hurts.
- 我头疼. Wǒ tóu téng. I have a headache. (Lit. "I head-ache.")
- 王月眼睛不太好. Wáng Yuè yǎnjing bú tài hǎo. Wang Yue's eyes are not very good.
- 你哪儿疼? Nǐ nǎr téng? Where does it hurt?
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