号脉

號脈

hàomài

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

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.

他伸出手腕让医生号脉。

Tā shēn chū shǒuwàn ràng yīshēng hàomài.

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

Tips

register

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'.

Stroke Order

号 hào

脉 mài