搭脉

搭脈
dāmài
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to take someone's pulse (colloquial)
  2. 2 to feel the pulse

Examples

Lǎo Zhōngyī dā le dā mài, diǎn le diǎn tóu.
The old TCM doctor felt the pulse for a moment and nodded.
Nǎinai shēn chū shǒu ràng yīshēng dāmài.
Grandma stretched out her hand for the doctor to feel her pulse.

Tips

register
搭脉 is especially common in Wu-dialect regions (Shanghai, Suzhou, Zhejiang). ('lay/rest on') pictures the doctor laying three fingers on the patient's wrist. Synonym: 号脉, 把脉, .

Stroke Order

mài