Chinese Vocabulary
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TCMSunshine on September 30, 2012
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Chinese vocabulary and TCM terms
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85 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 nǐ hǎo你 好 | hello 你 nǐ = you 好 hǎo = good |
| nǐ zǎo 你 早 | good morning 你 nǐ = you 早 zǎo = morning |
| nǐ hǎo ma? 你 好 嗎 | how are you? 嗎 "ma" (always at end of a question) |
| wǒ hěn hǎo, xiè xiè 我 很 好，謝 謝 | I am fine, thank you 我 wǒ = I 很 hěn = very 好 hǎo = good |
| hěn hǎo, xiè xiè 很 好, 謝 謝 | very good, thank you 很 hěn = very 好 hǎo = good |
| hěn gāo xìng wǒ men yòu jiàn miàn le 很 高 興 我 們 又 見 面 了 (TC) 很 高 兴 我 们 又 见 面 了 (SC) | glad to see you (pl) again (be glad we meet again) |
| zài jiàn 再 見 | goodbye "again" "see" |
| míng tiān jiàn 明 天 見 | see you tomorrow |
| mù 木 | wood |
| huǒ 火 | fire |
| tǔ 土 | earth |
| jīn 金 | metal |
| shuǐ 水 | water |
| yī 一 | one 1 |
| èr 二 | two 2 |
| sān 三 | three 3 |
| sì 四 | four 4 |
| wǔ 五 | five 5 |
| liù 六 | six 6 |
| qī 七 | seven 7 |
| bā 八 | eight 8 |
| jiǔ 九 | nine 9 |
| shí 十 | ten 10 |
| shí yī 十 一 | eleven 11 |
| shí èr 十 二 | twelve 12 |
| èr shí 二 十 | 20 |
| èr shí èr 二 十 二 | 22 |
| zhōng yi 中 医 | Chinese medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine) |
| zhēn jiǔ 针 灸 | 针 = acupuncture (針) 灸 = moxibustion (jiǔ) |
| zhōng yào 中 药 | Chinese medicinals (extra) |
| tuī ná 推拿 | Chinese Therapeutic Massage tuī ná = "push and grasp" |
| qì gōng 气功 | Qi Gong |
| yīn yáng 阴 阳 | 阴 yin - dark (moon) 阳 yang = bright (sun) (TC) yin=陰; yang=陽 |
| biǎo lí 表 里 | exterior / interior (inner) Zang Fu pair (extra) |
| xū shí 虛 实 | vacuity (虛) / repletion (实) (extra) |
| dé qì 得气 | "to obtain the qi" • what you feel putting the needle in at a meridian point |
| dǎo qì 导 气 | "to lead (abduct) the qi" • what patient feels through the meridian path |
| xié qì 邪 气 | evil qi (pathogenic factor) |
| zhèng qì 正 气 | righteous (correct) qi |
| zhōng qì 中 气 | middle (burner) qi |
| qì 气 | Qi qì: 气 (SC); 氣 (TC) |
| yíng qì (营) 气 | nutritive (constructive) qi 营 (from Nigel Wiseman's dictionary) |
| wèi qì 卫气 | protective (defensive) qi (TC) 衛 氣 |
| yuán qì 元 气 | original (source) qi |
| zōng qì 宗 气 | Ancestral (Chest) Qi (extra) |
| qīng qì 清 气 | clear qi |
| zhuó qì 浊气 | turbid qi (extra) |
| shǒu 手 | hand |
| zú 足 | foot |
| yáng míng 阳 明 | bright hottest yáng (all white) |
| tài yáng 太阳 | big, major yáng |
| shǎo yáng 少阳 | small, minor (little bit smaller then yáng) |
| tài yīn 太阴 | tài = large less yīn due to close to yang |
| shǎo yīn 少阴 | small minor |
| jué yīn 厥 阴 | thin, dim, darkest yīn (all black) |
| rén mài (rèn mài) 任脉 | conception vessel (任脈) (TC) |
| dū mài 督脉 | governing vessel (督脈) (TC) |
| qián 前 (*) | front |
| hòu 后 (*) | back (moving backward) |
| zuǒ 左 (*) | left (left side) |
| yòu 右 (*) | right (right side) |
| sháng 上 (*) | upper |
| zhōng 中 (*) | middle |
| xià 下 | lower |
| qián 前 | front |
| Jīng 精 | Essence |
| Qì 气 | Qi |
| Shén 神 | Spirit (mind; God) |
| Xiě (Xǔe) 血 | Blood |
| Jīn Yè (jīn yì) 津液 | Body Fluids |
| Qǐng 请 | Please |
| xiè xiè 謝 謝 | Thank You |
| Duì bù qǐ 对不起 | I'm Sorry (excuse me) |
| Qì Jī 气 机 | Qi Mechanism (extra) |
| Qì Huà 气 化 | Qi Transformation (extra) |
| wǎn shàng hǎo 晚 上 好 | good evening (extra) |
| Sān Jiāo 三 焦 | Tripple Burner (extra) |
| zǎo 早 | (good) morning (extra) 早 zǎo = morning |
| zǎo ān 早 安 | good morning (extra) 早 zǎo = morning 安 ān = peace |
| nǐ men hǎo ma? 你們好嗎 | how are you (pl.) men = group (pl.) (extra) |
| tā men hǎo ma? 他 們 好 嗎 | how are they (pl)? tā = they (extra) |
| xià zhōu jiàn 下 週 見 | see you next week (extra) "next" "week" "see" |
| hěn gāo xìng yòu jiàn miàn le! | glad to see you again (extra) [simple version] |
| wǒ lèi le 我 累 了 (TC) | I am tired (extra) |
| Wǒ tóu tòng 我頭痛 (TC) | I have a headache (extra) "I-head-pain" |
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