西
医

Western medicine in Chinese: 西医 (xī yī)

xī yī

Western medicine

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 西醫1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Western medicine
  2. 2a doctor trained in Western medicine

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西
医

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧ

xī

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

西医

Simplified

西醫

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他生病时喜欢看西医。

    tā shēng bìng shí xǐ huan kàn xī yī。

    When he's sick he likes to see a Western-medicine doctor.

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Related words

西

xī

west

东西

dōng xī

east and west

医生

yī shēng

doctor

医院

yī yuàn

hospital

西瓜

xī guā

watermelon

西边

xī biān

west

西北

xī běi

northwest

西餐

xī cān

Western-style food

西方

xī fāng

the West

西南

xī nán

southwest

中医

zhōng yī

traditional Chinese medical science

西部

xī bù

western part

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