大夫 dàifu doctor
doctor; physician
How to remember 大夫: 大 big + 夫 husband = doctor.
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How it is used
- Doctor / physician (colloquial) - 快去看大夫 (kuài qù kàn dàifu) go see a doctor; here 大 is read dài, fu is neutral.
- A spoken, everyday synonym of 医生 (yīshēng); more common in northern speech.
- Read as dàfū it's an ancient official title - but in the medical sense the reading is dàifu.
Example sentences
- 她以为我是大夫。 Tā yǐwéi wǒ shì dàfū.She thought that I was a doctor.
- 在中国，医生也叫大夫。 Zài Zhōngguó, yīshēng yě jiào dàifu.In China, doctors are also called "daifu".
- 我父亲是个大夫。 Wǒ fùqīn shì gè dàfū.My father's a doctor.