Meaning of 医疗
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- medical treatment
How to use 医疗
医疗 is a formal word that usually describes medical care as a system or field, not one visit to the doctor. It often sits before another noun, as in 医疗保险 (yīliáo bǎoxiǎn) medical insurance or 医疗费用 (yīliáo fèiyòng) medical costs. Example: 这里的医疗条件很好。(Zhèlǐ de yīliáo tiáojiàn hěn hǎo.) The medical facilities here are very good.
医 (yī) is the 医 in 医生 (yīshēng), doctor, and 疗 (liáo) is the 疗 in 治疗 (zhìliáo), to treat. Put the doctor and the treatment together and you get 医疗, medical treatment or medical care.
Common mistake: Learners often use 医疗 for treating a specific patient, as in 医疗他的病. Use 治疗 (zhìliáo) for that, as in 治疗他的病, and keep 医疗 for medical care in general. Also, 疗 is second tone (liáo). Do not confuse it with 了 (le, liǎo) or 辽 (liáo).
医疗 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
医 yī · to cure · 7 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
疗 liáo · cured · 7 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Related words
Words that share a character with 医疗.
| 医生 | yīshēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | hospital |
| 西医 | xīyī | Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine |
| 中医 | zhōngyī | traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine |
| 治疗 | zhìliáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
| 医学 | yīxué | medicine; medical science |
| 疗养 | liáoyǎng | to get well; to heal |
| 医药 | yīyào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 疗法 | liáofǎ | therapy; treatment |
| 医务 | yīwù | medical affairs |
| 疗效 | liáoxiào | healing efficacy; healing effect |
| 就医 | jiùyī | to receive medical treatment |
Questions about 医疗
What does 医疗 mean?
医疗 (yīliáo) means "medical treatment" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 医疗?
医疗 is made of 2 characters: 医 (7 strokes), 疗 (7 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 医疗 an HSK word?
Yes. 医疗 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 医疗 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 医疗 is written 醫療.
What is the difference between 医疗 and 医学?
医疗 is about delivering care to people, such as hospitals, insurance and treatment. 医学 (yīxué) is medicine as a science or subject you study, like 学医学 at university.
How do you say medical insurance and health care system in Chinese?
Medical insurance is 医疗保险 (yīliáo bǎoxiǎn), often shortened to 医保 (yībǎo). A health care system is 医疗体系 (yīliáo tǐxì) or 医疗制度 (yīliáo zhìdù).