号脉

號脈

hàomài

verb

Meanings

HSK 5

老中医一号脉就知道是什么病。

Lǎo zhōngyī yī hàomài jiù zhīdào shì shénme bìng.

One touch of the pulse and the old TCM doctor knows what the illness is.

HSK 7-9

他伸出手腕让医生号脉。

Tā shēnchū shǒuwàn ràng yīshēng hàomài.

He extended his wrist for the doctor to take his pulse.

号脉 is the colloquial verb; 脉诊 is the clinical noun. Synonyms: 切脉, 把脉, 搭脉. 号 here carries its older sense 'check/signal' rather than 'number'.

号 hào

脉 mài