醫 (ji1 | yi1 yi3 yi4) : heal; cure; doctor; medical science

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醫

ji1

yi1 yi3 yi4

[1] [v] cure; heal; treat (disease) [2] [n] doctor; surgeon; physician [3] medical science; medical service; medicine

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 酉 (#164)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

醫 / 医

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 03:38

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醫生 ji1 sang1 yi1 sheng1 = doctor

醫院 ji1 jyun6*2 yi1 yuan4 = hospital

醫學 ji1 hok6 yi1 xue2 = study of medicine

醫務室 ji1 mou6 sat1 yi1 wu4 shi4 = clinic

醫藥 ji1 joek6 yi1 yao4 = medicine

醫療 ji1 liu4 yi1 liao2 = medical treatment

醫治 ji1 zi6 yi1 zhi4 = to treat an illness

醫務 ji1 mou6 yi1 wu4 = the medical service

中醫 zung1 ji1 zhong1 yi1 = traditional Chinese medicine, TCM (the study or the science)

西醫 sai1 ji1 xi1 yi1 = Western medicine; doctor trained in Western medicine
See all 89 compounds (CantoDict reports 118 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 醫

一日一蘋果，醫生遠離我。
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.

佢打咗電話畀醫生粵
She has phoned the doctor.
[咗 is a marker for perfective aspect. ]

醫生，我要不要化驗血？國
Doctor, do I need to have a blood test?

我希望畢業後投身醫療界。
I hope to join the health care industry after graduation.

個醫生畀咗啲止癢藥畀我搽蚊𧕴粵
The doctor gave me some cream to put on my mosquito bites.
[Lit. [counter] doctor give-already [plural counter] stop-itch-cream give me spread insect bite]

就算華佗在世都醫唔好啦粵
There would not be a cure even if Hua Tuo is alive.
[Hua Tuo was a famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms period. The alternative is '華佗再世' meaning the rebirth of Waa4 To4 ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 醫
Unicode code for this character: U+91AB (off-site link)

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