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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 37

看医生 Seeing the doctor

Kàn yīshēng

林雪 visits the doctor. Light intro to 被 + V (passive) and 被 + agent + V (agent-explicit form).

Dialogue

我被雨淋了 — I got caught in the rain

医生你nǐ怎zěn么me了le? What's wrong?
林雪我wǒ有yǒu点diǎn感gǎn冒mào, 也yě咳ké嗽sou. A bit of a cold and a cough.
医生怎zěn么me生shēng病bìng的de? How did you fall ill?
林雪前qián天tiān晚wǎn上shàng我wǒ被bèi雨yǔ淋lín了le, 一yí下xià就jiù冷lěng了le. Got drenched in the rain two nights ago — got cold right away.
医生没méi发fā烧shāo吧ba? No fever?
林雪没méi. 但dàn是shì头tóu被bèi风fēng吹chuī得dé有yǒu点diǎn痛tòng. No. But my head is sore from the wind.
医生吃chī点diǎn药yào, 多duō喝hē水shuǐ, 多duō休xiū息xi. 平píng时shí多duō锻duàn炼liàn, 注zhù意yì健jiàn康kāng. Take some medicine, drink water, rest. Exercise regularly and look after your health.

Dialogue

被同事关心 — Colleagues care

林雪今jīn天tiān我wǒ被bèi同tóng事shì关guān心xīn了le一yí上shàng午wǔ. Colleagues checked on me all morning.
医生不bú错cuò. 有yǒu人rén关guān心xīn心xīn情qíng就jiù好hǎo. Nice. Mood's better when people care.
林雪我wǒ吃chī的de药yào被bèi王wáng明míng帮bāng我wǒ买mǎi了le. Wang Ming helped me buy the medicine.
医生吃chī药yào后hòu, 你nǐ应yīng该gāi被bèi一yí个gè安ān静jìng的de地dì方fāng好hǎo好hǎo休xiū息xi. After the medicine you need a quiet place to rest.
林雪今jīn天tiān的de会huì被bèi我wǒ推tuī到dào下xià个gè星xīng期qī了le. I pushed today's meeting to next week.
医生好hǎo. 身shēn体tǐ最zuì重zhòng要yào. Good. Health comes first.

Vocabulary

生shēng病bìng: verb fall ill
医yī院yuàn: noun hospital (recall Bk1)
医yī生shēng: noun doctor (recall Bk1)
被bèi: preposition by (passive marker)
感gǎn冒mào: noun cold (illness)
咳ké嗽sou: noun cough
发fā烧shāo: noun fever
药yào: noun medicine (recall Bk1)
吃chī药yào: verb take medicine
雨yǔ: noun rain (recall Bk1)
淋lín: verb be drenched; soak
多duō: adverb more; many (recall Bk1)
水shuǐ: noun water (recall Bk1)
冷lěng: noun cold (recall Bk1)
休xiū息xi: verb rest (recall ch04)
林lín雪xuě: pn. Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01)

New characters

被bèi: passive marker
淋lín: be drenched; soak
吹: blow

Hanzi — writing & recognition

被

bèi passive marker Writing

10 strokes left-right

病

bìng illness (in 生病) (recall Bk1) Writing

10 strokes enclosure

感

gǎn feel (in 感冒) Recognition

13 strokes top-bottom

冒

mào come out; risk (in 感冒) Recognition

9 strokes top-bottom

吹

chuī blow Recognition

7 strokes left-right

Grammar

被 + V (light intro) — passive construction

Explanation

`Subject + 被 + V + (complement)` says "the subject is affected / acted upon". 我被雨淋了. Contrast with 把-construction: 把 = "subject does X to it"; 被 = "X is done to subject". The verb almost always needs a complement, 了, or result. Negate as 没被 + V. Light intro here — the agent-explicit version is grammar-02.

Examples

我被雨淋了. I got caught in the rain.
头被风吹得有点痛. My head is sore from the wind.
钱被花完了. Money has been spent.
门没被关好. The door wasn't closed properly.

Grammar

被 + agent + V — adding "by whom"

Explanation

Grammar-01 left out "who did it". This lesson plugs in the agent: `被 + N + V`. 我吃的药被王明买了. The agent can be a person (王明) or thing (雨). Often the agent is left out in Chinese — but when it matters, this is how you mark it. Negate: 没被 + agent + V.

Examples

我wǒ吃chī的de药yào被bèi王wáng明míng帮bāng我wǒ买mǎi了le. Wang Ming helped buy the medicine.
今jīn天tiān的de会huì被bèi我wǒ推tuī到dào下xià个gè星xīng期qī了le. I pushed today's meeting to next week.
门被风关上了. The wind shut the door.
钱被孩子花完了. The kid spent the money.

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