土醫生

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	doctor; physician and surgeon; medical practitioner
trad. (土醫生)		土	醫生
simp. (土医生)		土	医生

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tou³ i¹ seng¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tou³ i¹ seng¹ [Phonetic: tou⁵ i⁵ eng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔu⁴⁵³⁻²¹ i⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)ɛŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tou³ i¹ seng¹ [Phonetic: tou⁵ i⁵ leng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔu³³²⁻²¹ i⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lɛŋ⁵³³/

Noun

土醫生

1. (Puxian Min) folk doctor (a person who treats people but has no formal medical training)

Synonyms

• (Puxian Min) 土醫／土医
• (Xianyou Puxian Min) 土下醫／土下医

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), “土医生”, 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 546.