The Chinese word for nurse is
护士

hù shì

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
护
1. Simplified form of 護
士
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)
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13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣).
Synonyms: 四
14. Simplified form of 土

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)