查房 (chá) — to do hospital rounds (of doctors)

Definition

A separable verb used for doctors or nurses making their routine visit to check on patients in hospital rooms. Splits as 查…房 in V-了 / V-过 / V-几次 constructions (e.g. 查了两次房).

verb
to do hospital rounds (of doctors)

Examples

  • 查房
    Yī shēng měi tiān zǎo shàng bā diǎn chá.
    The doctors do rounds at eight o'clock every morning.
  • Jīn tiān zǎo shàng yī shēng chá le liǎng cì fáng.
    The doctors did rounds twice this morning.
  • 查房
    Hù shi zhèng zài gěi bìng rén chá.
    The nurse is accompanying the doctor on rounds for the patients.

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