藥師

See also: 药师

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (藥師)		藥	師
simp. (药师)		药	师

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàoshī

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ si¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yo̍k-sṳ̂

(Hailu, HRS): rhog^ˋ sii^ˋ

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): yo⁵ sï¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàoshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàoshih
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-shih¹
  - Yale: yàu-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawshy
  - Palladius: яоши (jaoši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ si¹
  - Yale: yeuhk sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yo̍k-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: iog sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁶ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚⁵ sɨ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yo̍k-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁶ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚⁵ sɨ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhog^ˋ sii^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒok² sɨ⁵³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: yo⁵ sï¹
  - Sinological IPA: /io²¹ sz̩³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-su
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqsw
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

Noun

藥師

pharmacist; chemist
在藥師指導下／在药师指导下 ― zài yàoshī zhǐdǎo xià ― under the instruction of a pharmacist

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 藥劑師 (“pharmacist”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		藥劑師, 藥師
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	藥劑師, 藥師
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	藥師
Cantonese	Hong Kong	藥劑師
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	藥劑師, 藥師
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	藥劑師, 藥師
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	藥劑師, 藥師
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	藥劑師, 藥師
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	藥劑師, 藥師
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	藥劑師, 藥師
Southern Min	Tainan	藥劑師

Derived terms

藥師佛 / 药师佛 (Yàoshīfó)
藥師如來 / 药师如来

Proper noun

藥師

(Buddhism) short for 藥師佛／药师佛 (Yàoshīfó, “Bhaiṣajyaguru”)

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “药师”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 772.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藥	師
やく Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 藥師 – see the following entry.

【薬師やくし】	[proper noun] short for 薬師如来 (Yakushi Nyorai): Bhaiṣajyaguru-tathāgata [proper noun] a placename [proper noun] a surname
【薬師くすし】	[noun] (archaic) a physician, doctor Alternative spelling 医

(This term, 藥師, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
藥	師

Noun

藥師 • (yaksa) (hangeul 약사)

hanja form^? of 약사 (“pharmacist, chemist”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
藥	師

Noun

藥師

chữ Hán form of dược sư (“pharmacist”)