How to pronounce yi sheng (医生) in Chinese
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医生
yī shēng
Characters & meanings
medicine; doctor
to be born; life; raw
Common mistake
Double first (1-1): both syllables stay high and level — unlike 先生 and 学生, here 生 keeps its full first tone, so give shēng real length and height.
Example sentence
我爸爸是医生。
Wǒ bàba shì yīshēng.
My dad is a doctor.
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