脉诊

脈診

màizhěn

noun

Meanings

1 pulse diagnosis (TCM)
2 diagnosis based on taking the pulse

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

老中医脉诊很准，几乎不用看检查报告。

Lǎo Zhōngyī màizhěn hěn zhǔn, jīhū bùyòng kàn jiǎnchá bàogào.

The old TCM doctor's pulse diagnosis is accurate - he barely looks at test reports.

HSK 7-9

脉诊是中医四诊之一。

Màizhěn shì Zhōngyī sìzhěn zhīyī.

Pulse diagnosis is one of the four diagnostic methods in TCM.

Tips

culture

脉诊 is a component of 切诊, the fourth of 望闻问切 (the four diagnostic methods). Doctors feel three positions, 寸, 关, 尺, on each wrist, reading 28 classical pulse types.

Stroke Order

脉 mài

诊 zhěn