医生yī shēngdoctor; medical practitioner
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.
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?
How is 医生 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你怎么了?
Nǐ zěnme le?
What's wrong?
- Speaker B:
我不太好。
Wǒ bú tài hǎo.
I don't feel well.
- Speaker A:
你病了,去看医生吧。
Nǐ bìng le, qù kàn yīshēng ba.
You're sick; go see a doctor.
- Speaker B:
好,我现在就去。
Hǎo, wǒ xiànzài jiù qù.
Okay, I'll go right now.
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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.