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Word and Radical Components of 医生

The Chinese word 医生 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
医生 1. Simplified form of 醫生

医生 ⇨ 医 + 生
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 醫
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
      妻子 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
      中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China.
5. pupil; disciple; student
      作為 全日制 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
     (syn, zh, )
     規矩 。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not.
      jyu4-2 啱啱 soeng5 saang1 。 - 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
     (ant, zh, )
      洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions
      gok3 ni1 仲係 。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw.
16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage
      (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)
      什麼 ? (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got?
     seⁿ (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN
31. to be infested by a parasite
      跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas
      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 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).
     (syn, zh, )
sāng 36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person

医 ⇨ 匚 + 矢
Component Pinyin Meanings
fāng 1. right open box
2. a kind of container
3. Variant of 放
4. Variant of 方
shǐ 1. (classical, archery, weapons) arrow
2. to vow; to swear
shǐ 3. Alternative form of 屎 (excrement; poop)

生 ⇨ + 土
Component Pinyin Meanings
1.
1. earth; soil
     土堆 - mound; hillock
     這兒r 。 - 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
      覺得 東北話 實在 。 - 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
      - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
9. (zh-div, 族) the Monguor people; Monguor people; White Mongol
10. Short for 土耳其 (Turkey)
      戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
12. Simplified form of 士