看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 患者 huàn zhě patient / sufferer syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 耐心 nài xīn to be patient / patience syn 大夫 dài fu doctor / physician syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 随访 隨訪 suí fǎng to accompany / (of a doctor etc) to do a follow-up (on a patient, client etc) 翻盘 翻盤 fān pán to make a comeback / (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong 上环 上環 shàng huán (coll.) to be fitted with an IUD / (of a doctor) to insert an IUD 大补帖 大補帖 dà bǔ tiě tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software 挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn 瞧 qiáo to look at / to see / to see (a doctor) / to visit syn 病人 bìng rén sick person / patient / invalid / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn 医师 醫師 yī shī doctor syn 病情 bìng qíng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 执业 執業 zhí yè to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer) / practitioner / professional syn 看病 kàn bìng to visit a doctor / to see a patient syn 救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn 博士学位 博士學位 bó shì xué wèi doctoral degree / PhD / same as Doctor of Philosophy 哲學博士學位|哲学博士学位 军医 軍醫 jūn yī military doctor 就诊 就診 jiù zhěn to see a doctor / to seek medical advice syn 名医 名醫 míng yī famous doctor syn 再发 再發 zài fā to reissue / (of a disease) to recur / (of a patient) to suffer a relapse 中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine 开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack syn 西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine 求医 求醫 qiú yī to seek medical treatment / to see a doctor syn 法医 法醫 fǎ yī forensic pathologist / forensic doctor / medical examiner 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) syn 圣手 聖手 shèng shǒu divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner syn 不厌其烦 不厭其煩 bù yàn qí fán not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) / to take great pains / to be very patient syn 化妆师 化妝師 huà zhuāng shī make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor / reputation manager 探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly syn 冒牌 mào pái fake / impostor / quack (doctor) / imitation brand syn 主治医师 主治醫師 zhǔ zhì yī shī doctor-in-charge / resident physician 忍让 忍讓 rěn ràng to exercise forbearance / patient and accommodating syn 医嘱 醫囑 yī zhǔ prescription (medicine) / doctor's advice 自诉 自訴 zì sù private prosecution (law) / (of a patient) to describe (one's symptoms) 白求恩 bái qiú ēn Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 病号 病號 bìng hào sick personnel / person on the sick list / patient syn 治病救人 zhì bìng jiù rén to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him 转院 轉院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) 巫医 巫醫 wū yī witch doctor / medicine man / shaman 良医 良醫 liáng yī good doctor / skilled doctor syn 复诊 復診 fù zhěn another visit to doctor / further diagnosis 探病 tàn bìng to visit a sick person or patient 转诊 轉診 zhuǎn zhěn to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital) 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure syn 病员 病員 bìng yuán sick personnel / person on the sick list / patient syn 孙思邈 孫思邈 sūn sī miǎo Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方[Qian1 jin1 Yao4 fang1] 病况 病況 bìng kuàng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 危重病人 wēi zhòng bìng rén critically ill patient 病势 病勢 bìng shì degree of seriousness of an illness / patient's condition 候诊 候診 hòu zhěn waiting to see a doctor / awaiting treatment 医 醫 yī medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat syn 应诊 應診 yìng zhěn to see patients (of doctor) / to hold a surgery 病号服 病號服 patient clothes 赤脚医生 赤腳醫生 chì jiǎo yī shēng barefoot doctor / farmer with paramedical training (PRC) 久病成医 久病成醫 jiǔ bìng chéng yī (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor 病急乱投医 病急亂投醫 bìng jí luàn tóu yī lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom) / fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis 杏林 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) 看诊 看診 kàn zhěn (of a doctor) to see a patient / to give a consultation / (of a patient) to see a doctor 多参数病人监视器 多參數病人監視器 multiline patient monitor / multiparameter patient monitor 人球 rén qiú person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment 久病成良医 久病成良醫 jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom) 法学博士 法學博士 fǎ xué bó shì Doctor of Laws / Legum Doctor 艾滋病患者 ài zī bìng huàn zhě AIDS patient 辩证施治 辯證施治 biàn zhèng shī zhì diagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's condition 病家 bìng jiā a patient and his family syn 补法 補法 bǔ fǎ treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture) 冷热度数 冷熱度數 lěng rè dù shù temperature (esp. of medical patient) 患病者 huàn bìng zhě person suffering (from a disease or poisoning) / a patient 慢工出巧匠 màn gōng chū qiǎo jiàng patient work makes a skilled craftsman 慢工出细货 慢工出細貨 màn gōng chū xì huò patient work makes a fine product 病患 bìng huàn illness / disease / patient / sufferer 病者 bìng zhě sick person / patient 耐心帮助 耐心幫助 nài xīn bāng zhù forbearance / tolerance / patient help 脉诊 脈診 mài zhěn (TCM) diagnosis based on the patient's pulse / to make such a diagnosis 医密 醫密 yī mì patient confidentiality (medicine) 无反应患者 unresponsive patient 病员服 病員服 bìng yuán fù patient gown 曾接受过治疗的患者 曾接受過治療的患者 experienced patient 传送推车 傳送推車 patient transfer trolley / transport trolley 病人招募 patient enrollment / volunteer enrollment 心急吃不了热豆腐 心急吃不了熱豆腐 xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything 尝粪 嘗糞 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb / to kiss ass 辨证施治 辨證施治 biàn zhèng shī zhì diagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's condition 长流水，不断线 長流水，不斷線 cháng liú shuǐ , bù duàn xiàn continuous and patient effort (idiom) 医闹 醫鬧 yī nào (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation 备皮 備皮 bèi pí to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc) 医之好治不病以为功 醫之好治不病以為功 yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom) 动手术 動手術 dòng shǒu shù (of a surgeon) to operate (on sb) / (of a patient) to have an operation syn 主诉 主訴 zhǔ sù (medicine) to complain of / a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit / principal claim 指检 指檢 zhǐ jiǎn (medicine) digital examination (of a patient's rectum, vagina etc) 