望闻问切

望聞問切

wàngwén-wènqiè

idiom

Meanings

HSK 5

中医通过望闻问切来诊断病情。

Zhōngyī tōngguò wàngwén-wènqiè lái zhěnduàn bìngqíng.

Traditional Chinese medicine diagnoses illness through the four methods: observation, listening/smelling, questioning, and pulse-taking.

HSK 7-9

老中医望闻问切之后，开了一剂药方。

Lǎo zhōngyī wàngwén-wènqiè zhīhòu, kāi le yí jì yàofāng.

After the four-method examination, the old TCM doctor wrote out a prescription.

culture

The 四诊 (four diagnostic methods) are foundational to TCM: 望 (observe appearance), 闻 (listen/smell), 问 (ask about symptoms), 切 (feel the pulse).

望 wàng

闻 wén

问 wèn

切 qiē