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醫道 means the art of healing or medical skill.
This can also refer to a Korean TV show, Hur Jun about an ancient doctor. The Chinese-subtitled version of the show is also quite popular in China.
While this is a common title in Chinese and Korean, it's not used as often in Japanese where someone might read it as “medical course” or “the way of medicine.”
醫生 is the title used to refer to medical doctors or physicians in China.
Note: Sometimes, this same term is used in Korean, but not common.
The meaning is close to “healer [of] life” as the first character, 醫, can mean medicine, the healing art, healing, curing, medical, to cure, or to treat. The second character, 生, means birth or life.
In Japan, they use a simplified version of the first character (医生 is also used as the Simplified Chinese version of Doctor). If you want this version, please click the characters to the right instead of the button above.
醫師 is the title used to refer to medical doctors or physicians in old Korean Hanja.
Notes:
Also means “doctor” in Chinese but is not the most commonly used title.
醫師 is the ancient/traditional form of doctor in Japanese (they simplified the first character to 医 in Japan after WWII).
百胜难虑敌三折乃良医 is a Chinese proverb that literally translates as: [Even a general who has won a] hundred victories [may be] hard put to see through the enemy's [strategy], [but one who has] broken [his] arm three [times] [will] be a good doctor.
Figuratively, this means: One cannot always depend on past successes to guarantee future success but one can always learn from lessons drawn from failure.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 醫 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
中醫 中医 see styles |
zhōng yī zhong1 yi1 chung i |
More info & calligraphy: Chinese Traditional MedicineSee: 中医 |
醫師 医师 see styles |
yī shī yi1 shi1 i shih |
More info & calligraphy: Doctor |
醫生 医生 see styles |
yī shēng yi1 sheng1 i sheng |
More info & calligraphy: DoctorSee: 医生 |
醫道 医道 see styles |
yī dào yi1 dao4 i tao idō |
More info & calligraphy: Art of Healingart of healing |
醫 医 see styles |
yī yi1 i i |
medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat To heal. |
三醫 三医 see styles |
sān yī san1 yi1 san i san'i |
The three modes of diagnosis: the superior, 聽聲 listening to the voice; the medium, 相色 observing the external appearance; the inferior 診脈 testing the pulse. |
八醫 八医 see styles |
bā yī ba1 yi1 pa i hachi i |
eight branches of traditional Indian medicine |
名醫 名医 see styles |
míng yī ming2 yi1 ming i |
famous doctor See: 名医 |
太醫 太医 see styles |
tài yī tai4 yi1 t`ai i tai i |
imperial physician |
學醫 学医 see styles |
xué yī xue2 yi1 hsüeh i |
to study medicine |
就醫 就医 see styles |
jiù yī jiu4 yi1 chiu i |
to receive medical treatment |
巫醫 巫医 see styles |
wū yī wu1 yi1 wu i |
witch doctor; medicine man; shaman |
庸醫 庸医 see styles |
yōng yī yong1 yi1 yung i |
quack; charlatan |
從醫 从医 see styles |
cóng yī cong2 yi1 ts`ung i tsung i |
to work as a doctor |
御醫 御医 see styles |
yù yī yu4 yi1 yü i |
imperial physician |
求醫 求医 see styles |
qiú yī qiu2 yi1 ch`iu i chiu i |
to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor |
法醫 法医 see styles |
fǎ yī fa3 yi1 fa i |
forensic investigator; forensic detective |
牙醫 牙医 see styles |
yá yī ya2 yi1 ya i |
dentist |
獸醫 兽医 see styles |
shòu yī shou4 yi1 shou i |
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet |
留醫 留医 see styles |
liú yī liu2 yi1 liu i |
to be hospitalized |
良醫 良医 see styles |
liáng yī liang2 yi1 liang i ryōi |
good doctor; skilled doctor a good doctor |
行醫 行医 see styles |
xíng yī xing2 yi1 hsing i |
to practice medicine (esp. in private practice) |
西醫 西医 see styles |
xī yī xi1 yi1 hsi i |
Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine |
軍醫 军医 see styles |
jun yī jun1 yi1 chün i |
military doctor |
送醫 送医 see styles |
sòng yī song4 yi1 sung i |
to send or deliver to the hospital |
邪醫 邪医 see styles |
xié yī xie2 yi1 hsieh i jai |
wayward doctor |
鄉醫 乡医 see styles |
xiāng yī xiang1 yi1 hsiang i |
abbr. of 鄉村醫生|乡村医生[xiang1 cun1 yi1 sheng1] |
醫保 医保 see styles |
yī bǎo yi1 bao3 i pao |
medical insurance; abbr. for 醫療保險|医疗保险[yi1 liao2 bao3 xian3] |
醫務 医务 see styles |
yī wù yi1 wu4 i wu |
medical affairs |
醫卜 医卜 see styles |
yī bǔ yi1 bu3 i pu |
medicine and divination |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Art of Healing | 醫道 医道 | idou / ido | yī dào / yi1 dao4 / yi dao / yidao | i tao / itao |
Chinese Traditional Medicine | 中醫 中医 | zhōng yī / zhong1 yi1 / zhong yi / zhongyi | chung i / chungi | |
Doctor | 醫生 医生 | yī shēng / yi1 sheng1 / yi sheng / yisheng | i sheng / isheng | |
Doctor | 醫者 医者 | i sha / isha | ||
Doctor | 醫師 医师 | i shi / ishi | yī shī / yi1 shi1 / yi shi / yishi | i shih / ishih |
Doctor | 医師 / 醫師 医师 | i shi / ishi | ||
You May Learn from Victory, You Will Learn from Failure | 百勝難慮敵三折乃良醫 百胜难虑敌三折乃良医 | bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí sān zhé nǎi liáng yī bai3 sheng4 nan2 lv4 di2 san1 zhe2 nai3 liang2 yi1 bai sheng nan lv di san zhe nai liang yi | pai sheng nan lü ti san che nai liang i | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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