医 (yī) — (bound form) medical; medicine; to cure
Definition
医 (yī) is a bound form used as a building block in words for medicine and healthcare (医生 doctor, 医院 hospital, 医学 medical science). It is not used alone in modern Chinese — pair it with 生, 院, 学, etc.
bound form
(bound form) medicalmedicineto cure
Examples
- 。Wǒ bà ba shì yì míng yī shēng.My father is a doctor.
- 。Zhè jiā yī yuàn yǒu sān bǎi zhāng bìng chuáng.This hospital has three hundred beds.
- 。Tā dà xué xué de shì yī xué.He studied medicine in college.
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