希波克拉底

Traditional form:

希波克拉底

Pinyin (reading):

Xībōkèlādǐ

Definitions:

• Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine

Characters:

• 希 - rare; to hope for, to strive for; to expect
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath

Traditional characters:

• 希 - rare; to hope for, to strive for; to expect
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath