Read the names and various actions found in the hospital environment

These are the people you meet at a hospital:

These are the places you find in a hospital:

These are actions commonly done at a hospital:

Here are simple sentences using the vocabulary above:

1. 我去医院。 Wǒ qù yī yuàn。 I am going to the hospital.

2. 我要挂号。 Wǒ yào guà hào。 I need to register.

3. 医生给我检查。 Yī shēng gěi wǒ jiǎn chá。 The doctor examines me.

4. 护士量体温。 Hù shi liáng tǐ wēn。 The nurse measures the temperature.

5. 我去药房买药。 Wǒ qù yào fáng mǎi yào。 I go to the pharmacy to buy medicine.

Try reading these short dialogues:

A: 你好！我要看医生。 Nǐ hǎo！Wǒ yào kàn yī shēng。 Hello! I want to see a doctor.

B: 请去挂号。 Qǐng qù guà hào。 Please go to register.

A: 医生，我发烧。 Yī shēng，wǒ fā shāo。 Doctor, I have a fever.

B: 好的，我给你量体温。 Hǎo de，wǒ gěi nǐ liáng tǐ wēn。 Okay, let me measure your temperature.

• Hospital vocabulary helps you understand what you see on signs and hear during a visit
• 医生 (yī shēng) means "doctor" — the shēng means "life" or "living"
• 护士 (hù shi) means "nurse" — the hù means "protect"
• 挂号 (guà hào) literally means "hang number" — this is how you get a queue number
• Actions like 看 (kàn — to look/see) and 买 (mǎi — to buy) are useful in many places

If you or a family member visits a Chinese-speaking doctor in Dar es Salaam or Arusha, you can now read hospital signs like 药房 (pharmacy) and 急诊室 (emergency room), and say "我要看医生" (I want to see a doctor) when you need help. This is useful for Tanzanian students whose parents work in cities with international clinics or who may travel to China for medical treatment.