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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yī | yi1
English translation
to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wine

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

殹酉

Semantic compound

yǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. The yǒu component is a pictograph of a container for wine, which is sometimes used for medicinal purposes. The traditional component yǒu was removed for simpli

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
医生 yīshēng doctor醫生
医院 yīyuàn hospital醫院
医疗 yī liáo medical treatment醫療
医学 yī xué medicine醫學
medical
医药 yī yào medical醫藥
中医 Zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science中醫
医师 yī shī doctor醫師
法医 fǎ yī forensic investigator法醫
医务 yī wù medical affairs醫務
兽医 shòu yī vet獸醫
医学院 yī xué yuàn medical school醫學院
医护 yī hù medic醫護
牙医 yá yī dentist牙醫
医治 yī zhì to treat (an illness)醫治
就医 jiù yī to receive medical treatment就醫
医疗费 yī liáo fèi medical expenses醫療費
中西医 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine中西醫
行医 xíng yī to practice medicine (esp. in private practice)行醫
军医 jūn yī military doctor軍醫
医务室 yī wù shì infirmary醫務室
西医 xī yī Western medicine西醫
医术 yī shù medical expertise醫術
医科 yī kē medical science醫科

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