中醫

See also: 中医

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ ji¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ yi¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-yî
• Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆ng-ĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-i

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ ui¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tson-i₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyi
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-i¹
    • Yale: jūng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongi
    • Palladius: чжунъи (čžunʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ ji¹
    • Yale: jūng yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zuung¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ ji³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ i^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ (r)i^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-ĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-i
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diong'y
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ ui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong ui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ ui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-i₁
    • MiniDict: tson^平 i^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-i₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ i²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡soŋ⁴⁴ i/

Etymology 1

		China; Chinese	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (中醫)		中	醫
simp. (中医)		中	医

Attested as early as 1876 in 格致彙編; born out of the need to distinguish traditional Chinese medicine from Western medicine following the systematic introduction of Western medicine to China in the mid-19th century.

Noun

中醫

1. traditional Chinese medicine

   • 日本素學中醫，今亦參用西法，活人無算。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     日本素学中医，今亦参用西法，活人无算。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1893, Zheng Guanying, 盛世危言 (Words of Warning to a Prosperous Age)

     Rìběn sù xué zhōngyī, jīn yì cānyòng Xī fǎ, huórén wúsuàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. doctor who practices traditional Chinese medicine

   老中醫／老中医  ―  lǎo zhōngyī  ―  an old and experienced doctor who practices traditional Chinese medicine

Synonyms

• 國醫／国医 (guóyī)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “traditional Chinese medicine”): 西醫／西医 (xīyī)
• (antonym(s) of “doctor who practices traditional Chinese medicine”): 西醫／西医 (xīyī)

Derived terms

• 中醫學 / 中医学 (zhōngyīxué)
• 中醫師 / 中医师 (zhōngyīshī)
• 中醫科 / 中医科 (zhōngyīkē)
• 中醫藥 / 中医药 (zhōngyīyào)

 

See also

• 醫生／医生 (yīshēng)
• 中藥／中药 (zhōngyào)

References

• “Entry #766”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Etymology 2

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (中醫)		中	醫
simp. (中医)		中	医

Noun

中醫

1. (literary) average doctor

   • 夫上醫療未萌之兆，中醫攻有兆之者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫上医疗未萌之兆，中医攻有兆之者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th–9th century, Liu Zongyuan, 愈膏肓疾賦

     Fú shàngyī liáo wèi méng zhī zhào, zhōngyī gōng yǒu zhào zhī zhě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

• 上醫／上医 (shàngyī)