金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 医学 醫學 yī xué medicine / medical science / study of medicine syn 药水 藥水 yào shuǐ medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine 西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine 通称 通稱 tōng chēng to be generally referred to (as) / generic term 总称 總稱 zǒng chēng generic term 成药 成藥 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine 吸着 吸著 xī zhuó sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc) 硬笔 硬筆 yìng bǐ generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes 魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 wèi jìn nán běi cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui 乘 shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn 麻 má generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lu:3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb syn 棉 mián generic term for cotton or kapok / cotton / padded or quilted with cotton syn 戎 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs syn 鲌 鮊 bó culter, a generic term for cyprinid fish of genera Culter and Erythroculter 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 药物 藥物 yào wù medicaments / pharmaceuticals / medication / medicine / drug syn 转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize syn 服 fú clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes syn 服 fù classifier for medicine: dose / Taiwan pr. [fu2] syn 外科 wài kē surgery (branch of medicine) 脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn 服用 fú yòng to take (medicine) syn 药品 藥品 yào pǐn medicaments / medicine / drug syn 瘫痪 癱瘓 tān huàn (medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed / to break down / to come to a standstill syn 剂量 劑量 jì liàng dosage / prescribed dose of medicine 药片 藥片 yào piàn a (medicine) pill or tablet / CL:片[pian4] 服药 服藥 fú yào to take medicine syn 绕道 繞道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass syn 药剂 藥劑 yào jì medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound syn 医药 醫藥 yī yào medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical 衰竭 shuāi jié organ failure / exhaustion / prostration (medicine) syn 休克 xiū kè (medicine) (loanword) shock / to go into shock syn 疱疹 皰疹 pào zhěn blister / bleb (watery blister) / herpes (medicine) 硬化 yìng huà to harden / (medicine) sclerosis / (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions / to ossify 草药 草藥 cǎo yào herbal medicine syn 行医 行醫 xíng yī to practice medicine (esp. in private practice) syn 制药 制藥 zhì yào to manufacture medicine 导管 導管 dǎo guǎn duct / pipe / conduit / (botany) vessel / (medicine) catheter 禁忌 jìn jì taboo / contraindication (medicine) / to abstain from 支架 zhī jià trestle / support / stand / frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist / to withstand (an enemy attack etc) 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 炭疽 tàn jū (medicine) anthrax / (horticulture) anthracnose / canker 透视 透視 tòu shì (drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy / to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth / to gain insight syn 小道 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) syn 下垂 xià chuí to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine) syn 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 截肢 jié zhī amputation (medicine) / to amputate 结扎 結扎 jié zā to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) 后遗症 後遺症 hòu yí zhèng (medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath 感冒药 感冒藥 gǎn mào yào medicine for colds 人工呼吸 rén gōng hū xī artificial respiration (medicine) syn 巫医 巫醫 wū yī witch doctor / medicine man / shaman 诱导 誘導 yòu dǎo to induce / to encourage / to provide guidance / (medicine, chemistry) to induce syn 穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole / to perforate / (medicine) perforation syn 夹板 夾板 jiā bǎn wooden boards used to press sth together / (medicine) splint 专科 專科 zhuān kē specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school syn 霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn 阳痿 陽痿 yáng wěi (medicine) impotence 穿刺 chuān cì (medicine) to puncture / to do a needle biopsy syn 吃药 吃藥 chī yào to take medicine 药瓶 藥瓶 yào píng medicine bottle 栓塞 shuān sè (medicine) embolism syn 低血糖 dī xuè táng hypoglycemia (medicine) 肥大 féi dà (of clothes) baggy / loose / (of a person) fat / stout / (medicine) hypertrophy syn 良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) 错位 錯位 cuò wèi to be wrongly positioned / to be dislocated / to be misplaced / (medicine) to be in malposition / (fig.) erroneous / eccentric 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 症结 癥結 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations syn 医嘱 醫囑 yī zhǔ prescription (medicine) / doctor's advice 解毒 jiě dú to detoxify / to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) 下坠 下墜 xià zhuì (of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus 放血 fàng xuè to let blood (Chinese medicine) / to bleed / to stab sb (slang) 良方 liáng fāng good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy syn 尖头 尖頭 jiān tóu pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly syn 洗胃 xǐ wèi (medicine) to give or receive gastric lavage / to get one's stomach pumped 医科 醫科 yī kē medicine (as a science) / medical science 针眼 針眼 zhēn yan (medicine) sty syn 水肿 水腫 shuǐ zhǒng (medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy) syn 心病 xīn bìng anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine) syn 阑尾炎 闌尾炎 lán wěi yán appendicitis (medicine) syn 法医学 法醫學 fǎ yī xué forensic medicine 心神 xīn shén mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution syn 神经痛 神經痛 shén jīng tòng neuralgia (medicine) 陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) 中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn 并发 併發 bìng fā to happen simultaneously / (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another) / (of another disease) to erupt simultaneously / (computing) concurrent syn 红斑狼疮 紅斑狼瘡 hóng bān láng chuāng (medicine) lupus erythematosus 移位 yí wèi to shift / shift / translocation / displacement / (medicine) dislocation syn 试纸 試紙 shì zhǐ (chemistry, medicine) test strip 油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) syn 气胸 氣胸 qì xiōng pneumothorax (medicine) 