针灸师

針灸師
zhēnjiǔshī
noun #30,945

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 acupuncturist
  2. 2 acupuncture practitioner

Examples

Tā shì yī wèi zīshēn de zhēnjiǔshī.
She is a seasoned acupuncturist.
Zhēnjiǔshī zài wǒ bèi shàng zhā le jǐ zhēn.
The acupuncturist inserted several needles in my back.

Tips

memory
= needle, = moxibustion (burning mugwort cones on the skin), = practitioner. So literally a "needle-and-moxibustion practitioner" — both treatments are part of traditional Chinese 针灸 therapy, even though English borrowed only "acupuncture."

Stroke Order

zhēn
jiǔ
shī