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医

醫
yī
noun #5,099

Meanings

  1. 1 medicine; medical science
  2. 2 doctor; physician
  3. 3 to treat; to cure

Examples

他是一名医生。
Tā shì yī míng yīshēng.
He is a doctor.
我要去医院。
Wǒ yào qù yīyuàn.
I need to go to the hospital.
中医有几千年的历史。
Zhōngyī yǒu jǐ qiān nián de lìshǐ.
Traditional Chinese medicine has thousands of years of history.

Tips

usage
医 is used in: 医生 (doctor), 医院 (hospital), 医学 (medical science), 中医 (TCM), 西医 (Western medicine), 医疗 (medical treatment), 医药 (medicine/pharmaceuticals).
culture
中医 (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and 西医 (Western Medicine) coexist in China. Many hospitals offer both, and it's common to use TCM for chronic conditions and Western medicine for acute ones.

Stroke Order

医 yī