How to pronounce yi sheng (医生) in Chinese

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医生

yī shēng

Characters & meanings

T1

medicine; doctor

shēngT1

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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