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医生yī shēngdoctor; medical practitioner

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医生 (yī shēng) means "doctor" or "medical practitioner," as in 我妈妈是医生 (My mom is a doctor), 你病了,去看医生吧 (You're sick; go see a doctor) and 医生在医院工作 (Doctors work in hospitals). This entry covers this one sense, a doctor or medical practitioner, shown with its own examples below.

What does 医生 mean?

  1. 1.

    doctor; medical practitionernoun

What do the characters in 医生 mean?

  • 医medical
  • 生person engaged in a field

How do you use 医生?

See it in 我妈妈是医生, 你病了,去看医生吧 and 医生在医院工作.

What are some examples of 医生 in a sentence?

  1. 我妈妈是医生。

    Wǒ māma shì yīshēng.

    My mom is a doctor.

  2. 你病了,去看医生吧。

    Nǐ bìng le, qù kàn yīshēng ba.

    You're sick; go see a doctor.

  3. 医生在医院工作。

    Yīshēng zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.

    Doctors work in hospitals.

How is 医生 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你怎么了?

    Nǐ zěnme le?

    What's wrong?

  2. Speaker B:

    我不太好。

    Wǒ bú tài hǎo.

    I don't feel well.

  3. Speaker A:

    你病了,去看医生吧。

    Nǐ bìng le, qù kàn yīshēng ba.

    You're sick; go see a doctor.

  4. Speaker B:

    好,我现在就去。

    Hǎo, wǒ xiànzài jiù qù.

    Okay, I'll go right now.

Can you use 医生 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank: 你病了,去看___吧。 (You're sick; go see a doctor.)
  2. 2.What does 我妈妈是医生。 mean?
  3. 3.Which word means "doctor"?

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.