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护士hù shì
nurse
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
护士 | ||
1. Simplified form of 護士 | ||
護士 | hùshì | |
1. n. nurse (person trained to provide care for the sick) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
nurse | ||
1. 护士 | ||
2. 保姆 | ||
3. 保护者 | ||
4. 育幼院 | ||
5. 治疗 | ||
6. 培育 | ||
7. 爱抚 | ||
8. 慰劳 | ||
9. 节用 | ||
10. 讨好 | ||
11. 授乳 | ||
12. 哺乳 | ||
Components | ||
护 | ||
1. Simplified form of 護 | ||
護 | hù | |
1. to protect; to safeguard; to defend; to shelter | ||
保護 環境 - to protect the environment | ||
2. to side with (someone); to take sides; to discriminate in favor of; to show prejudice (gl, to a particular party) | ||
士 | shì | |
1. (obsolete) unmarried male; bachelor | ||
2. (obsolete) (honorific) man | ||
3. (obsolete) general; high-ranking military officer | ||
4. (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer | ||
士兵 - soldier | ||
5. (historical) scholar-official (civil servant appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance) | ||
6. (historical) (self-appellation used by scholar-officials in ancient China, when addressing the emperor:) I; subject | ||
7. (historical) a social stratum in ancient China | ||
8. scholar; academic; intellectual; intelligentsia | ||
博士 - doctor; doctoral degree | ||
院士 - academician | ||
9. (honorific, obsolete) (suffix for a virtuous, knowledgeable or skilled person:) commendable person | ||
女士 - Lady | ||
護士 - nurse | ||
人士 - public figure | ||
助產士 - midwife | ||
10. (Chinese chess) adviser; guard; minister (usually only on the black side, in some sets on both red and black sides) | ||
11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仕 (to be an official) | ||
12. =====Usage notes===== | ||
13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣). | ||
Synonyms: 四 | ||
14. Simplified form of 土 | ||
土 | tǔ | |
1. earth; soil | ||
土堆 - mound; hillock | ||
這兒r 的 土 夠 肥 的。 - The soil here is quite fertile. | ||
2. (dialectal) dust | ||
3. land | ||
國土 - territory | ||
寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory | ||
4. crude opium | ||
煙土 - crude opium | ||
5. hometown; native place | ||
故土 - native land; native place | ||
6. local; native; indigenous | ||
土著 - aboriginal | ||
土話 - local dialect | ||
7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured | ||
我 覺得 東北話 實在 太 土 了。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic. | ||
8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people | ||
土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method | ||
土 槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods | ||
9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol | ||
10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey | ||
俄 土 戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War | ||
11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén) | ||
12. Simplified form of 士 | ||
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hù shì
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