traditional Chinese medicine

English

Noun

traditional Chinese medicine (uncountable)

1. The medical theory and practices of Chinese culture, especially herbal medicine, acupuncture, tui na, Daoyin and osteopathy, for preventing or treating illness, or promoting health and well-being; in China (and to an extent elsewhere) still often used in concert with scientific medicine (as complementary medicine).

   Synonyms: Chinese medicine (usually synonymous), Chinese traditional medicine, TCM (initialism)

   Hypernym: traditional medicine

   • 2023 January 30, Mei-chu Huang, Jonathan Chin, “Clinic raises money for Ukraine”, in Taipei Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 January 2023, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[2]:

     A traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Changhua County has raised NT$555,000 in a two-day campaign drive to buy medical supplies, humanitarian aid materials and an ambulance for war-torn Ukraine.

Translations

medical practices of Chinese culture

• Arabic: اَلطِّبّ اَلصِّينِيّ m (aṭ-ṭibb aṣ-ṣīniyy)
• Catalan: medicina tradicional xinesa f
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 中醫／中医 (zh-min-nan) (tiong-i), 漢醫／汉医 (zh-min-nan), 漢醫／汉医 (zh-min-nan) (hàn-i)

  Mandarin: 中醫／中医 (zh) (zhōngyī), 中醫學／中医学 (zh) (zhōngyīxué), 中藥／中药 (zh) (zhōngyào)

• Danish: traditionel kinesisk medicin
• Finnish: perinteinen kiinalainen lääketiede
• German: traditionelle chinesische Medizin f
• Hungarian: (hagyományos) kínai gyógyászat
• Italian: medicina tradizionale cinese f
• Japanese: 中医 (ja) (ちゅうい, chūi), 中医学 (ja) (ちゅういがく, chūigaku)
• Korean: 중의학 (jung'uihak)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: medicina tradicional chinesa f, medicina chinesa tradicional f
• Romanian: medicină chineză tradițională f
• Russian: традицио́нная кита́йская медици́на f (tradiciónnaja kitájskaja medicína), кита́йская медици́на f (kitájskaja medicína)
• Spanish: medicina china tradicional f
• Swedish: traditionell kinesisk medicin c
• Thai: ยา จีน (yā cīn)
• Turkish: geleneksel Çin tıbbı
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: جۇڭيى (jungyi)
• Vietnamese: Đông y (vi)

Anagrams

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