Chinese symbol for “surgeon”
外科医生
wài kē yī shēng
Traditional: 外科醫生
surgeon; as opposed to physician 内科医生 (nèi kē yī shēng), who works primarily by administering drugs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surgeon is 外科医生 (wài kē yī shēng), defined as: surgeon; as opposed to physician 内科医生 (nèi kē yī shēng), who works primarily by administering drugs.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 外科医生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 国外 (國外) | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surgeon”.
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.