thầy thuốc
- Noun:
- Physician, doctor: A person whose profession is to treat illnesses and care for patients' health. This term carries a respectful and formal tone, often implying a learned professional in the field of medicine.
- Noun:
- Ông ấy là một thầy thuốc giỏi và có tâm. (He is a skilled and conscientious physician.)
- Ngành y cần những thầy thuốc tận tụy. (The medical field needs dedicated doctors.)
- Tôi muốn trở thành thầy thuốc để chữa bệnh cứu người. (I want to become a doctor to treat illnesses and save people.)
"Thầy thuốc tại gia": A person who is knowledgeable about medicine and often gives advice or simple treatments at home, but is not necessarily a licensed professional.
- Bà tôi như một thầy thuốc tại gia với nhiều bài thuốc nam. (My grandmother is like a home doctor with many traditional herbal remedies.)
"Thầy thuốc trước hết phải có lương tâm": A saying emphasizing that a doctor must first have a conscience; highlighting medical ethics.
- Câu nói "lương y như từ mẫu" nhắc nhở thầy thuốc trước hết phải có lương tâm. (The saying "a good physician is like a mother" reminds doctors that they must first have a conscience.)
Bác sĩ (n): Doctor. This is the more common, modern term equivalent to "thầy thuốc," but "thầy thuốc" can sound more formal or traditional.
- Bác sĩ khám bệnh rất cẩn thận. (The doctor examined the patient very carefully.)
Lương y (n): A virtuous, skilled, and ethical physician. This term is highly respectful and often used in traditional contexts.
- Vị lương y đó được cả làng kính trọng. (That virtuous physician is respected by the whole village.)
Y sĩ (n): Medical practitioner, often referring to those with a level of training below a full doctor (e.g., medical assistant, feldsher).
- Y sĩ trạm xá chăm sóc sức khỏe ban đầu cho dân làng. (The clinic's medical practitioner provides primary healthcare for the villagers.)
- Bác sĩ: Doctor.
- Lương y: Ethical doctor, virtuous physician.
- Người chữa bệnh: Healer, medical practitioner.
Thầy thuốc gia đình: Family doctor, general practitioner.
- Mỗi gia đình nên có một thầy thuốc gia đình. (Every family should have a family doctor.)
Thầy thuốc nhân dân: "People's Physician," an honorary title awarded to outstanding doctors in Vietnam.
- Giáo sư được phong tặng danh hiệu Thầy thuốc Nhân dân. (The professor was conferred the title of "People's Physician.")
- Lương y như từ mẫu: A good physician is like a mother. This idiom praises doctors who are as caring and compassionate as a mother.
- Bác sĩ đó thật sự "lương y như từ mẫu". (That doctor truly embodies "a good physician is like a mother.")