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外科手术wài kē shǒu shù
surgery
Definitions
English > Chinese | ||
surgery | ||
1. 手术 | ||
Components | ||
外 | wài | |
1. out; outside; external | ||
(ant, zh, 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. | ||
手 | shǒu | |
1. hand | ||
2. expert; master | ||
高手 - master | ||
3. -ist; -er | ||
歌手 - singer | ||
4. convenient; handy; portable | ||
手機 - mobile phone | ||
手冊 - handbook | ||
5. handwritten | ||
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling | ||
7. (Mainland China Hokkien) | ||
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) | ||
9. (finance) | ||
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. | ||
术 | ||
1. Simplified form of 術 | ||
2. Simplified form of 朮 | ||
3. Variant of 秫 | ||
朮 | shú | |
1. Original form of 秫 (glutinous millet; sorghum) | ||
2. (Used in compounds such as 白朮, a type of herbal medicine.) | ||
秫 | shú | |
1. glutinous grain | ||
2. (glutinous) sorghum | ||
3. (literary) glutinous millet | ||
4. (literary or Min) glutinous rice | ||
術 | shù | |
1. (obsolete) street; avenue | ||
2. art; craft; skill; technique | ||
醫術 - the art of healing | ||
學術 - scholarship; academics | ||
美術 - fine arts | ||
技術 - technology | ||
3. method; tactics | ||
權術 - political manoeuvre | ||
心術 - scheme; plotting | ||
4. Short for 手術 (surgery,) (often used as suffix) | ||
碎石術 - lithotripsy | ||
輸精管.切除術 - vasectomy | ||
5. (zh-o) Alternative form of 述 | ||
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Pronunciation
wài kē shǒu shù
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