医士 (yī shì) — herb doctor (traditional Chinese medicine practitioner); doctor's assistant or practitioner with secondary medical-school training

Definition

Examples

• 这位医士用草药治好了我的病。
  Zhè wèi yī shì yòng cǎo yào zhì hǎo le wǒ de bìng.
  This herb doctor cured my illness with herbal medicine.
• 他在医院里做医士，协助主治医生。
  Tā zài yī yuàn lǐ zuò yī shì, xié zhù zhǔ zhì yī shēng.
  He works as a doctor's assistant in the hospital, helping the attending physician.
• 民国时期，医士是经过初级医学训练的行医者。
  Mín guó shí qī, yī shì shì jīng guò chū jí yī xué xùn liàn de xíng yī zhě.
  During the Republic of China period, a 医士 was a practitioner who had received basic medical training.