PHYSICIAN 醫生
SPECIALIST OR OFFICIAL WORKING to CURE ILLNESSES.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
See also
- DRUGSUBSTANCE USED FOR CURING OR PREVENTING DISEASES.
- DOCTORSBIOGRAPHIES: MALES specialising in medical practice.
Hypernym
- SPECIALIST WORKER who is BELIEVED to have OBTAINED EXCELLENT ABILITIES FOR CERTAIN TASKS. (anc: 10/0, child: 1)
- SCHOLAR GENTLEMAN whose WORK IS STUDY. (anc: 9/0, child: 3)
- GENTLEMAN ADULT who is EDUCATED AND ABLE to BECOME an OFFICIAL. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
Akupunktur:
Acupuncturists are occasionally depicted on Han reliefs. Two examples.
MEDICINA
AERZTE
MEDIZIN
Words (9 items)
醫 yī OC: qɯ MC: ʔɨ 51 Attributions
The general standard word for a doctor is yī 醫.
- Word relations
- Ant: 良/EXCELLENT
The standard current general word for anything or anyone who naturally meets certain generally accepted high standards of excellence is liáng 良 (ant. liè 劣 "inferior"). - Epithet: 良/EXCELLENT
The standard current general word for anything or anyone who naturally meets certain generally accepted high standards of excellence is liáng 良 (ant. liè 劣 "inferior"). - Epithet: 賢/TALENT
Xián 賢 (ant. bù xiào 不肖 "untalented") often refers to realised talents, and typically includes the nuance of moral worthiness in addition to practical and intellectual talents. - Assoc: 巫/SHAMAN
The general word for a shaman is wū 巫, and although this word was perceived to refer specifically to female shamans.
- Syntactic words
- n+NprtitleDr Npr
- nabactmedical practice, medicine wéi yī 為翳practice medicine
- nagentmedically specialised shaman; medical doctor8
- npost=Nprphysician, Dr. 秦醫
良醫 liáng yī OC: ɡ-raŋ qɯ MC: li̯ɐŋ ʔɨ 9 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentiala good doctor
巫醫 wū yī OC: ma qɯ MC: mi̯o ʔɨ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialshaman-physicians
醫師 yī shī OC: qɯ sril MC: ʔɨ ʂi 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPphysician
巫 wū OC: ma MC: mi̯o 2 Attributions
Wū 巫 refers to a shaman among whose typical capabilities is that of treating illnesses, often but not exclusively by supernatural or magical means.
- Syntactic words
- nshaman in function as physician
拙醫 zhuō yī OC: kljod qɯ MC: tɕiɛt ʔɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialinept physician
醫者 yī zhě OC: qɯ kljaʔ MC: ʔɨ tɕɣɛ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialphysicial in general
牛醫 niú yī MC: ngjuw 'i OC: ŋɯ qɯ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPagenta physician for cowsCS
醫人 yī rén OC: qɯ njin MC: ʔɨ ȵin 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPindefinitea physician