# 中醫
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōngyī
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung$^1$ ji$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung$^1$ yi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-yî
* Eastern Min (BUC): dṳ̆ng-ĭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-i
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dong$^1$ ui$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$tson-i$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngyī
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhongyi
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-i$^1$
*** Yale: jūng-yī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongi
*** Palladius: чжунъи (čžunʺi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ ji$^1$
*** Yale: jūng yī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ ji$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zuung$^1$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵŋ³³ ji³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-yî
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ i$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^1$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-yî
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ (r)i$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^1$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-ĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /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: dong$^1$ ui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong ui
*** Sinological IPA : /toŋ³³⁻²³ ui³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tson-i$_1$
*** MiniDict: tson$^平$ i$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tson-i$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ i²¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡soŋ⁴⁴ i/

### Etymology 1

* 中醫
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
    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)

##### See also

* 醫生／医生 (yīshēng)
* 中藥／中药 (zhōngyào)

##### References

* “Entry #766”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

中醫
* (literary) average doctor
    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)

##### See also

* 上醫／上医 (shàngyī)