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外科医生wài kē yī shēng
surgeon
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
外科医生 | ||
1. Simplified form of 外科醫生 | ||
外科醫生 | wàikē yīshēng | |
1. n. surgeon (doctor who performs surgery) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
surgeon | ||
1. 军医 | ||
Components | ||
医生 | ||
1. Simplified form of 醫生 | ||
醫生 | yīshēng | |
1. n. doctor; physician and surgeon; medical practitioner | ||
皮膚病 醫生 - dermatologist | ||
醫生 說 手術 會 有 風險。 - The doctor said the operation carries risks. | ||
醫生 在 給 病人 看病。 - The doctor is seeing a patient. | ||
他 遵照 醫生 的 囑咐。 - He followed the advice of the doctor. | ||
外 | wài | |
1. out; outside; external | ||
Antonyms: 裡, 內 | ||
窗 外 - outside a window | ||
外表 - outward appearance | ||
2. beyond; above; in addition to; other than; except | ||
此外 - in addition (to this) | ||
十 公里 外 - 10 km beyond (a place) | ||
3. other; foreign; alien (not of one's own family, clan, locality, school, country, etc.) | ||
外國 - foreign country | ||
外 校 - other schools | ||
4. foreign country | ||
中外 - China and foreign countries; in and outside of China | ||
對 外 貿易 - foreign trade | ||
漢---外 詞典 - Chinese dictionary in a foreign language | ||
5. , ref=Gongyangzhuan | ||
6. (literary) to alienate; to other; to exclude; to distance | ||
見外 - to make me feel like an outsider (literally, "to have me excluded from the familiar circle") | ||
7. relatives of one's mother, sister or daughter | ||
外婆 - maternal grandmother | ||
外孫 - daughter's son | ||
外祖父 - maternal grandfather | ||
8. additional | ||
外加 - plus | ||
外帶 - to include (something) as well | ||
9. unofficial | ||
外史 - unofficial history | ||
外號 - nickname | ||
10. (Hokkien, Teochew, after an amount but before the classifier) as much as | ||
二十 外 歲 - 20-something years old, MN | ||
科 | kè | |
1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of fol, t=to follow, tr=fo. | ||
医 | yì | |
1. Simplified form of 醫 | ||
醫 | yī | |
1. medicinal; medicine | ||
2. doctor | ||
3. to cure; to treat | ||
冇得 醫 - untreatable | ||
4. (Sichuan) to punish | ||
生 | shēng, shēn | |
1. to live; to subsist; to exist | ||
2. to grow; to develop; to bud | ||
3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear | ||
他 妻子 生 了 一 對 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls. | ||
4. to be born; to come into existence | ||
他 生 在 中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China. | ||
5. pupil; disciple; student | ||
你 作為 全日制 生 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis. | ||
6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar | ||
7. (opera) actor or male character | ||
8. Short for 先生, gentleman | ||
9. (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生, Mr. | ||
10. 陳 生 - Mr. Chan | ||
11. having life; live | ||
Synonyms: 活 | ||
規矩 係 死 嘅,人 係 生 嘅。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not. | ||
條 魚jyu4-2 啱啱 喺 條 河 度 釣 上soeng5 嚟,仲 係 生saang1 嘅。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive. | ||
12. life; existence; being; living | ||
殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life | ||
13. fresh; not stale | ||
14. unripe | ||
15. raw; uncooked | ||
Antonyms: 熟 | ||
生 洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions | ||
我 覺gok3得 呢ni1 塊 肉 仲係 太 生。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw. | ||
16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage | ||
生 黎 (shēng Lí) - wild Li | ||
17. strange; unfamiliar | ||
生人 (shēngrén) - stranger | ||
18. mechanically; forcedly | ||
19. very; quite; extremely | ||
生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of | ||
20. vivid; strong; forceful | ||
21. innate; natural; born with | ||
22. living things; organism | ||
23. livelihood; subsistence | ||
謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living | ||
24. lifetime; all one's life | ||
來生 (láishēng) - afterlife | ||
25. birthday; anniversary | ||
慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday | ||
26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue | ||
27. to generate; to breed; to create | ||
28. to manufacture; to produce | ||
29. to happen; to occur; to take place | ||
30. to catch (a disease) | ||
我 生 了 什麼 病? (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got? | ||
生seⁿ蛇 (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN | ||
31. to be infested by a parasite | ||
生 跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas | ||
生 蝨乸 - to be infested with lice | ||
32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated | ||
33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle | ||
34. to light; to ignite (a fire) | ||
母親 沒 有 生 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove. | ||
35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇). | ||
Synonyms: 仩 | ||
36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person | ||
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