治未病

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (治未病)		治	未病

Etymology

From Huangdi Neijing.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìwèibìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ mei⁶ beng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìwèibìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhwèibìng
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-wei⁴-ping⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-wèi-bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhweybinq
    • Palladius: чживэйбин (čživɛjbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ mei⁶ beng⁶
    • Yale: jih meih behng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ mei⁶ beng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ méi⁶ béng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² mei̯²² pɛːŋ²²/

Verb

治未病

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to treat the disease before it arises or manifests (corresponds to primary +/- secondary prevention in Western medicine)

Derived terms

• 治未病科