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The Chinese word for nurse is
护士

hù shì



nurse

Chinese Definition


nurse
     1. 护士
     2. 保姆
     3. 保护者
     4. 育幼院
     5. 治疗
     6. 培育
     7. 爱抚
     8. 慰劳
     9. 节用
     10. 讨好
     11. 授乳
     12. 哺乳
Components
     1. Simplified form of 護
     1. (obsolete) unmarried male; bachelor
     2. (obsolete) (honorific) man
     3. (obsolete) general; high-ranking military officer
     4. (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer
           士兵 - soldier
     5. (historical) scholar-official (civil servant appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance)
     6. (historical) (self-appellation used by scholar-officials in ancient China, when addressing the emperor:) I; subject
     7. (historical) a social stratum in ancient China
     8. scholar; academic; intellectual; intelligentsia
           博士 - doctor; doctoral degree
           院士 - academician
     9. (honorific, obsolete) (suffix for a virtuous, knowledgeable or skilled person:) commendable person
           女士 - Lady
           護士 - nurse
           人士 - public figure
           助產士 - midwife
     10. (Chinese chess) adviser; guard; minister (usually only on the black side, in some sets on both red and black sides)
     11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仕 (to be an official)
     12. =====Usage notes=====
     13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣).
           Synonyms: 四
     14. Simplified form of 土



Translations for and their definitions

護士
     1. n. nurse (person trained to provide care for the sick)


护士
     1. Simplified form of 護士


看護
     1. v. to nurse; to look after (the sick); to care (gl, for a patient)
           病人 看kān護 - patient care
     2. v. to watch over
     3. n. (dated) nurse (person trained to provide care for the sick)


看护
     1. Simplified form of 看護


保育員
     1. n. childcare worker; nurse (person who takes care of other people's young)


保育员
     1. Simplified form of 保育員


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