Chinese symbol for “physician”
医师
yī shī
Traditional: 醫師
doctor; physician
The closest CC-CEDICT match for physician is 医师 (yī shī), defined as: doctor; physician.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “physician”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 医师.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 医生 (醫生) | yī shēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 医学 (醫學) | yī xué | medicine; medical science |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 律师 (律師) | lǜ shī | lawyer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “physician”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.