# Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular modernized/Medical
## Lesson XX. medical.

| Pêng'im | TL | Characters | English |
| sing1sên1 | sin-senn | 先生 | A doctor. |
| ui1 | ui | 醫 | To cure. |
| bên7 | pēnn | 病 | To be ill; sickness. |
| nang5 m7mon2 | nâng m̄-mónn | 人不好 | Unwell. |
| pua3bên7 | phùa-pēnn | 抱病 | To be very ill for a long period. |
| dih8lag8 | tîh-lât | 着力 | To be very ill, almost dying. |
| ui1 bhoi6 ho2 | ui bŏi-hó | 醫袂好 | Incurable. |
| ui1 oh4 ho2 | ui oh-hó | 醫難好 | Difficult to cure. |
| oh4ui1 | oh-ui | 難醫 | Difficult to cure. |
| iou2ho2 | ióu-hó | 畧好 | Better |
| zuah8 | tsuâh | - | Better. |
| cuang5ru2 | tshuân-zú | 全愈 | Quite recovered. |
| dng6kui3 | tn̆g-khùi | 斷氣 | To expire. |
| tao5kag4 tian3 | thâu-khak thiànn | 頭壳痛 | Headache. |
| tao5kag4 hing1 | thâu-khak hîn | 頭壳眩 | Headache. |
| nang5ruah8 | nâng zuâh | 人𤍠 | Fever. |
| huag4siê1 | huat-sie | 發燒 | Fever. |
| ui3cing3 | uì-tshìn | 畏冷 | Ague. |
| huag4siê1 ui3cing3 | huat-sie ùi-tshìn | 發燒畏冷 | Fever and ague. |
| dou3tian3 | tóu-thiànn | 肚痛 | Stomachache. |
| tiu1tian3 | thiu-thiànn | 抽痛 | Cramp. |
| tou3 | thôu | 嘔 | To vomit. |
| lao3sai2 | làu-sái | 瀉屎 | Diarrhoea. |
| dou2lao3 | tóu làu | 肚瀉 | Diarrhoea. |
| bang3ang5 | pàng-àng | 放血 | Dysentery. |
| ti3ki3 | thì-khì | 滯氣 | Dysentery. |
| li6cig4 | lĭ-tsit | 痢疾 | Dysentery. |
| dou2siab4 | tóu-siap | 肚澁 | Costiveness. |
| diêh8sua1 | tiêh-sua | 着痧 | Colic. |
| sung1bên7 | sùn-pēnn | 損病 | Consumption. |
| huang1tian3 | huang-thiànn | 瘋痛 | Rheumatism. |
| sên1huang1 | senn-huang | 生瘋 | Rheumatism. |
| siên1huang1 | sienn-huang | 傷風 | To catch cold when ill, or just after being ill. |
| guan5diêh8 | kûann--tiêh | 寒着 | To catch cold. |
| gam1tang5 | kam-thâng | 甘虫 | Tape-worms. |
| gam1zêg4 | kam-tsek | 甘癪 | Having tape-worms in the stomach. |
| cuang2 | tshuán | 喘 | DIfficult respiration. |
| ga1sao3 | ka-sàu | 咬嗽 | To cough. |
| dan3uê7 dêng5gu3 | tànn-uē têng-kù | 呾話重句 | Stammering. |
| dua7zih8 | tūa-tsîh | 大舌 | Stammering. |
| diou5 | thiôu | 鮡 | Pimples. |
| cng1 | tshng | 瘡 | Ulcers. |
| ti6 | thĭ | 痔 | Piles. |
| goi3 | kòi | 疥 | Itch. |
| ziên6 | tsiĕnn | 癢 | Itchy. |
| pa6 | phă | 泡 | A blister. |
| pog4pa6 | phok-phă | 起泡 | To rise in blister. |
| zêng2 | tséng | 腫 | Swelling. |
| m7zai1nang5 | m̄-tsai-nâng | 不知人 | Fainting. |
| hing5 | hîn | 眩 | Giddy. |
| hing5zung1 | hîn-tsûn | 眩船 | Sea-sick. |
| ki3tian3 | khí-thiànn | 齒痛 | Toothache. |
| tou3sia5 | thòu-sià | 吐瀉 | Cholera. |
| gao5 a1niên5 | gâu-a-niênn | 賢亞娘 | Small-pox. |
| cug4zu1 | tshut-tsu | 出珠 | Small-pox. |
| ziah8dao7 | tsiâh-tāu | 食痘 | Chicken pox. |
| cug4dao7 | tshut-tāu | 出痘 | Chicken-pox. |
| zêng3zu1 | tsèng-tsu | 種珠 | To vacinate. |
| ziah8muên5 | tsiâh-mûenn | 食粥 | Measles. |
| dua7am6gui1 | tūn-ăm-kui | 大頸奎 | Goitre. |
| liu5 | liû | 瘤 | Tumour. |
| nng2nin5 | nńg-nînn | 軟疕 | Palsy. |
| guan3biêng1 | kuàn-pien | 痒癲 | Palsy. |
| siou2 | sióu | 顚 | Mad. |
| sim1sing5 m7dian7 | sim-sîn m̄-tiānn | 心神不定 | Insane. |
| gong5 | kòng | 愩 | Crazy. |
| bhui3 | bùi | 輩 | Prickly head. |
| bui3 | pùi | - | Prickly heat. |
| siêng1 | sién | 癬 | Ringworm. |
| mag8 tian3 | mâk--thiànn | 目痛 | Sore-eyes. |
| geng6si7 | kŭrn-sī | 近視 | Near-sighted. |
| geng6ce3 | kŭrn-tshùr | - | Near-sighted. |
| cên1mên5 | tshenn-mênn | 睛盲 | Blind. |
| mag8ziu1huê1 | mâk-tsiu-hue | 眼睛灰 | Dimness. |
| sia5mag8ziou2 | siâ-mâk-tsióu | 斜目 | Squinting. |
| hin6lang5 | hĭnn--lâng | 耳聾 | Deaf. |
| ê2 | é | 啞 | Dumb. |
| kih4cui3 | khih-tshùi | 缺嘴 | Hare-lip. |
| iê1gu1 | ie-ku | 腰龜 | Humpback. |
| guai2ka1 | kuái-kha | 拐脚 | Lame. |
| bang2ka1liam5 | páng-kha-liâm. | 枋脚䥥 | Ulcerated leg. |
| min1ka1 | minn-kha | 縻脚 | Ulcerated leg. |
| sên1muêh8 | senn-muêh | 生物 | To have a disease. |
| sên1tuê5 | senn-thûe | 生㿗 | To have a boil. |
| lang2 | lâng | 濃 | Matter. |
| uê3 | uè | ⿸疒尉 | To infect. |
| siên1hung2 | sienn-hûn | 傷痕 | A scar. |
| gi3 | kì | 痣 | A wart. |
| hou5sing1sai2gi3 | hôu-sîn-sái-kì | 侯蠅屎痣 | A mole. |
| pua3siên3 | phùa-siènn | 破相 | Deformed. |
| ung1ziang3 | un-tsiàng | 瘟疫 | A plague. |
| tin1si5 cou1siab4 | thinn-sî tshou-siap | 天時粗澁 | A plague. |
| pêng5ang1 | phêng-an | 平安 | Peace. |
| iêh8duan1 | iêh-tuann | 藥單 | A prescription. |
| iêh8hng1 | iêh-hng | 藥方 | A prescription. |
| iêh8 | iêh | 藥 | Medicine. |
| iêh8in1 | iêh-ínn | 藥丸 | Pills. |
| go1iêh8 | ko-iêh | 膏藥 | Ointment, plaster. |
| iêh8hung2 | iêh-hún | 藥粉 | Powder, for taking. |
| iêh8bhuah8 | iêh-buâh | 藥末 | Power, applying. |
| guan5iêh8 | kûann-iêh | 寒藥 | Quinine. |
| ang5iêh8 | âng-iêh | 紅藥 | Pain-killer. |
| goi2hung1in5 | kói-hun-înn | 戒芬丸 | “Stop-opium” pills. |
| bi1muân5iu5 | pi-mûann-iû | 卑蔴油 | Castor oil. |
| ziah8sia3 | tsiâh-sià | 食瀉 | To take an aperient. |
| sia3 | sià | 瀉 | To purge. |
| ziah8si2nang5 | tsiâh-sí-nâng | 食死人 | Poison. |
| bng7liab8 | pn̄g-liâp | 飯粒 | Poultice. |
| bo3ho3iu5 | pô-hò-iû | 薄荷油 | Peppermint. |
| dag8 | tâk | 毒 | Poisonous, as snakes. |
| ziah8liang5 | tsiâh-liâng | 食凉 | To take something cooling. |
| ziah8bou2 | tsiâh-póu | 食補 | To take something very strenghtening as gin-seng, deer horn, &c. |
| u6bou2 | ŭ-póu | 有補 | Nutritious. |
| dah4 | tah | 貼 | To apply, as a poultice, plaster &c. |
| bhuah4 | buah | 抹 | To apply, as iodine, oinment &c. |
| ziah4iêh8 | tsiâh-iêh | 食藥 | To take medicine. |
| goig2iêh8 | kói-iêh | 解藥 | To act as an antidote. |
| zêg8tiab4 | tsêk-thiap | 壹帖 | A dose, (as of Chinese medicine.) |
| zêg8rig8 ziah8san1dng3. | tsêk-zít tsiâh-sann-tǹg | 壹日食三餐 | To be taken three times a day. |
| kang1sim1dou2 ziah8. | khang-sim-tóu tsiâh | 空心肚食 | To be taken when the stomach is empty. |
| bhuê7ziah8 soin1ziah8. | būe-tsiâh soinn-tsiâh | 未食先食 | To be taken before meals. |