医学 醫學 yī xué medicine / medical science / study of medicine syn 面子 miàn zi (medicinal) powder syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 白粉 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin syn 药水 藥水 yào shuǐ medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion syn 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine 火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm) 洗衣粉 xǐ yī fěn laundry detergent / washing powder 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder syn 化妆室 化妝室 huà zhuāng shì dressing room / powder room / (Tw) toilets 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine 红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex syn 火药桶 火藥桶 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg 粉盒 fěn hé (cosmetics) powder box / compact 可可粉 kě kě fěn cocoa powder 香粉 xiāng fěn face powder / talcum powder syn 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 成药 成藥 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up 粉扑 粉撲 fěn pū powder puff (cosmetics) 剂型 劑型 jì xíng delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc) 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 粉饼 粉餅 fěn bǐng pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder 鸡精 雞精 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) 粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 细粉 細粉 xì fěn powder 散粉 sǎn fěn loose powder (makeup) 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 丹 dān red / pellet / powder / cinnabar syn 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 搽 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on syn 撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 咖喱粉 gā lí fěn curry powder 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 绵白糖 綿白糖 mián bái táng sugar powder 黑火药 hēi huǒ yào black powder 牙粉 yá fěn tooth powder 泡打粉 pào dǎ fěn baking powder 毒奶粉 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 发粉 發粉 fā fěn baking powder syn 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) 