chẩn mạch
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 診脈 (“to feel a pulse”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕən˧˩ majk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˨ mat̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəŋ˨˩˦ mat̚˨˩˨]
Verb
chẩn mạch
- (archaic) to feel a pulse (especially in traditional medicine or TCM)
- (historical) to diagnose a patient based on only the pulse (and nothing else)