土下醫

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (土下醫)		土	下	醫
simp. (土下医)		土	下	医

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): tou³ or⁵ i¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tou³ or⁵ i¹ [Phonetic: tou⁵ or⁵ i¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔu³³²⁻²¹ ɒ²¹ i⁵³³/

Noun

土下醫

1. (Xianyou Puxian Min) a folk doctor who use traditional remedies to treat diseases

Synonyms

• (Puxian Min) 土醫／土医, 土醫生／土医生

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “土下医”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 547.