Doctor in Chinese (Mandarin): 医生 (yīshēng)

医生
yīshēng
doctor
- Simplified
- 医生
- Traditional
- 醫生
- Pinyin
- yīshēng
- Typed as
- yisheng
Use it in a sentence
医生给我看病。
醫生給我看病。
The doctor is looking after me.
The characters in 医生
医 / 醫
Medicine, healing.
7 strokes
生
To be born, to live; at the end of a word it can mean a person, as in 学生 (xuésheng, student).
5 strokes
A hospital is 医院 (yīyuàn), and seeing a doctor is 看病 (kàn bìng).
More examples with 医生
我长大想当医生。
我長大想當醫生。
Wǒ zhǎng dà xiǎng dāng yīshēng.
I want to be a doctor when I grow up.
医生说我很健康。
醫生說我很健康。
Yīshēng shuō wǒ hěn jiànkāng.
The doctor says I'm healthy.
How to write 医生 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
医 7 strokes
生 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
醫 18 strokes
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