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护士

hù shi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 護士

护士 (hù shi) means "nurse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 护士 means

1. nurse

The characters in 护士

• 护hùto protect
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

Example sentences

• 我想当护士
  Wǒ xiǎng dāng hùshi
  I want to be a nurse.
• 她是护士。
  She is a nurse.
• 我是护士。
  I'm a nurse.
• 护士生病了。
  The nurse is ill.
• 护士照顾病人。
  Nurses look after patients.
• 汤姆是个护士。
  Tom was a nurse.

Words starting with 护士

• 护士站hù shì zhànnurses' station (in a hospital or clinic)

Words containing 护士

• 辩护士biàn hù shìdefender; apologist

Where 护士 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Professions & roles (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hù shi correctly.
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