名医 (míng yī) — famous doctor | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

famous doctor

Measure word · 位

名医。
Zhè wèi míng yī zhì liáo le xǔ duō yí nán zá zhèng.
This famous doctor has treated many difficult and complicated diseases.
名医。
Hěn duō bìng rén zhuān chéng lái zhǎo zhè wèi míng yī kàn bìng.
Many patients travel specially to see this famous doctor.
，名医。
Tā xíng yī sì shí nián, bèi yù wéi dāng dì míng yī.
He has practiced medicine for forty years and is honored as a local famous doctor.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

名 means famous and 医 means doctor, so the result is a well-known doctor.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

夕口名

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 醫; 医 is its simplified writing.

殹酉醫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒuliquor

Sound part声符shēngfú

殹

殹yì醫yī

Same sound today

The traditional form 醫 pairs 酉 (liquor) with 殹 as a sound part; the simplified 医 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.