中醫

See also: 中医

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngyī

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄧ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ ji¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ yi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-yî
Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆ng-ĭ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiong-i

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ ui¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tson-i₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyi
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-i¹
  - Yale: jūng-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongi
  - Palladius: чжунъи (čžunʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ji¹
  - Yale: jūng yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuung¹ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ ji³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ i^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ (r)i^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-ĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-i
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diong'y
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ i³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong¹ ui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong ui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ ui³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tson-i₁
  - MiniDict: tson^平 i^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-i₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ i²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡soŋ⁴⁴ i/

Etymology 1

		China; Chinese	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (中醫)		中	醫
simp. (中医)		中	医

Attested as early as 1876 in 格致彙編; born out of the need to distinguish traditional Chinese medicine from Western medicine following the systematic introduction of Western medicine to China in the mid-19th century.

Noun

中醫

traditional Chinese medicine
- 日本素學中醫，今亦參用西法，活人無算。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  日本素学中医，今亦参用西法，活人无算。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1893, Zheng Guanying, 盛世危言 (Words of Warning to a Prosperous Age)
  Rìběn sù xué zhōngyī, jīn yì cānyòng Xī fǎ, huórén wúsuàn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
doctor who practices traditional Chinese medicine
老中醫／老中医 ― lǎo zhōngyī ― an old and experienced doctor who practices traditional Chinese medicine

Synonyms

國醫／国医 (guóyī)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “traditional Chinese medicine”): 西醫／西医 (xīyī)
(antonym(s) of “doctor who practices traditional Chinese medicine”): 西醫／西医 (xīyī)

Derived terms

中醫學 / 中医学 (zhōngyīxué)
中醫師 / 中医师 (zhōngyīshī)
中醫科 / 中医科 (zhōngyīkē)
中醫藥 / 中医药 (zhōngyīyào)

References

“中醫”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Etymology 2

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (中醫)		中	醫
simp. (中医)		中	医

Noun

中醫

(literary) average doctor
- 夫上醫療未萌之兆，中醫攻有兆之者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫上医疗未萌之兆，中医攻有兆之者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th–9th century, Liu Zongyuan, 愈膏肓疾賦
  Fú shàngyī liáo wèi méng zhī zhào, zhōngyī gōng yǒu zhào zhī zhě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)