bác sĩ

See also: bácsi

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

bác sỹ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 博士, composed of 博 (“wide; vast; broad”) and 士 (“-ist”), from Japanese 博士 (hakushi, “doctor”, person who has attained a doctorate), from Middle Chinese 博士 (pak dzri^X, “court academician”). Also probably by analogy with European languages, such as English doctor, French docteur (“Ph.D.; M.D.; physician”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˧˦ si˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ʂɪj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ʂɪj˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

a medical doctor; a physician
Synonym: đốc-tờ

chữ bác sĩ
a doctor's handwriting

See also

y sĩ
dược sĩ (“pharmacist”)

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