| 大夫 | dài fu | doctor / physician |   |
| 医家 | yī jiā | healer / physician / medical man / doctor (esp. of TCM) | |
| 圣手 | shèng shǒu | divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner | |
| 马拉 | Mǎ lā | Marat (name) / Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician | |
| 主治医师 | zhǔ zhì yī shī | doctor-in-charge / resident physician | |
| 太医 | tài yī | imperial physician | |
| 外科医生 | wài kē yī shēng | surgeon / as opposed to physician 內科醫生|内科医生[nei4 ke1 yi1 sheng1], who works primarily by administering drugs | |
| 御医 | yù yī | imperial physician | |
| 扁鹊 | biǎn què | 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era | |
| 希波克拉底 | Xī bō kè lā dǐ | Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine | |
| 韩素音 | Hán Sù yīn | Han Suyin (1917-2012), Eurasian physician and author | |
| 内科医生 | nèi kē yī shēng | medical doctor / physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生[wai4 ke1 yi1 sheng1] | |
| 初级保健医生 | | primary care physician | |
| 开方医生 | | prescribing physician | |
| 遵医嘱 | zūn yī zhǔ | to follow the doctor's advice / as instructed by the physician | |
| 华陀 | Huà Tuó | Hua Tuo (c. 140-208), ancient Chinese physician from the Eastern Han period | |
| 秦越人 | Qín Yuè rén | Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills | |
| 住院医师 | zhù yuàn yī shī | resident physician | |
