医生
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医生 (yīshēng) · doctor
医生 (yīshēng) means “doctor”. It is written with 2 characters: 医 (to cure) + 生 (to give birth). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 医生 is built
The characters
医 yī · to cure
What 医 is made of
- 匸xì — box
- 矢shǐ — arrow
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 天tiān — day
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: 矢 gives the meaning, 匸 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
生 shēng · to give birth
What 生 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我妈妈是医生。Wǒ māma shì yīshēng.My mom is a doctor.
你去看医生了吗？Nǐ qù kàn yīshēng le ma?Did you go to see a doctor?
Questions about 医生
What does 医生 mean?
医生 (yīshēng) means “doctor”.
How do you pronounce 医生?
医生 is pronounced yīshēng.
Which HSK level is 医生?
医生 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 医院yīyuànhospital
- 西医xīyīWestern medicine
- 中医zhōngyītraditional Chinese medicine
- 医疗yīliáomedical treatment
- 医学yīxuémedicine
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 男生nánshēngboy
- 女生nǚshēnggirl
- 生病shēngbìngto become ill
- 生气shēngqìangry
Learn 医生 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.