医 生

yīshēng

“Doctor” in Chinese is 医生 (yīshēng).

Meaning

doctor; medical practitioner

Example

我没有看医生。

I haven't seen a doctor.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

名

used for doctors

一名医生 (one doctor)

位

polite term for doctors

一位医生 (one doctor)

Characters

yīHSK 17 strokesmedical shēngHSK 15 strokesto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

More HSK 1 words

门票ménpiàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)HSK 1 没事儿méishìrto have spare timeHSK 1 国外guó wàiabroadHSK 1 水果shuǐguǒfruitHSK 1 干什么gàn shénmewhat are you doing?HSK 1 说话shuōhuàto speakHSK 1 出去chūqùto go outHSK 1 学习xuéxíto learn; to studyHSK 1 放学fàngxuéto dismiss students at the end of the school dayHSK 1 课本kèběntextbookHSK 1

Not to be confused with: 一生 (yīshēng, all one's life; throughout one's life)