| 释义 |
‖ sinseh, n.|sinˈse|
[ad. Malay sinse, variant of singse, sengse, sengsai Chinese physician, prob. ad. Chinese dial. (Changchew) sin-sen (Chinese xiānsheng), Amoy sien-sin teacher, mister, sir, doctor.]
In Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia: a traditional Chinese physician or herbalist.
1972Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) 30 Apr. 5/8 Mr. Fong Tiang Luen and his wife, both sinsehs,..operate two drug stores in town. 1977Grimsby Even. Tel. 27 May 7/8 The leaders were ‘Sin-sehs’ or ‘Incense-Pot Masters’, the third-highest ranking members in the triad hierarchy. 1981Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 2 Aug. 15/2 Government researchers have found that many of Singapore's 1000 Chinese physicians are secretly mixing modern drugs with traditional herbal medicines... The traditional physicians, known as sinsehs, deny the charges. |