Chinese Medical Chinese: Grammar and Vocabulary - Softcover

Wiseman, Nigel; Feng, Ye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912111658 ISBN 13: 9780912111650

Publisher: Paradigm Pubns, 2002

Synopsis

Designed for students who already have a basic knowledge of Chinese characters, this text provides an overview of medical Chinese and a full discussion of medical terminology, including words, phrase, compound terms, and definitions. Chinese characters are given with their Pinyin pronunciation as well as English equivalents. Drills to test vocabulary are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Nigel Wiseman, a native of Great Britain, received his bachelor's degree in Spanish and German interpreting and translation in 1976 from Herriot Watt University in Edinburgh and his doctorate in 2000 from the University of Exeter. He has lived in Taiwan for the last sixteen years, where he teaches Chinese medical English at Chang Gung University. He is the author of a number of Chinese medical works including Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine, A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine, and An English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine.

Feng Ye, a native of Taiwan, graduated from the Chinese Medical School of China Medical College, Taiwan, in 1994. He received his master's degree from the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences in 1997 and holds R.O.C. licenses in both Chinese and Western medicine. Currently, he is chief resident doctor in the Chinese Internal Medicine Department of Chang Gung University Hospital and a lecturer in Chinese medical diagnostics. His special fields are pulse theory, the Shang Han Lun, and acupuncture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paradigm Pubns
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0912111658
• ISBN 13: 9780912111650
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444