VocabularyHSK 3 · core

医生

yīshēng

doctor

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

他是医生。
He's a doctor.
看医生。
See a doctor.

Collocations

一位医生看医生好医生

Mnemonic

医生 yīshēng "doctor, physician" — 医 (medicine, traditional 醫) + 生 (person, scholar) = "medical practitioner". Korean uisa / Japanese 医師 ishi use different second character (师/師). Measure: 位 wèi.

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"Go see a doctor"?