中医 zhōngyī traditional Chinese medical science
traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
How to remember 中医: 中 middle + 医 heal = traditional Chinese medical science.
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How it is used
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); or a TCM doctor. 看中医 (kàn zhōngyī) see a TCM doctor; 中医治疗 (zhōngyī zhìliáo) TCM treatment.
- 中医 (Chinese medicine - herbs, acupuncture, theory of qi) contrasts with 西医 (xīyī, Western/modern medicine).
- The word does double duty: the system of medicine and a practitioner of it, disambiguated by context.