住院部 (zhù yuàn bù) — inpatient department (of a hospital)

Definition

The 'inpatient department' of a hospital — the ward area where admitted patients stay, distinct from outpatient clinics (门诊).

noun
inpatient department (of a hospital)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 住院部。
    zhù yuàn bù Zài yī yuàn de hòu miàn.
    The inpatient department is at the back of the hospital.
  • 住院部。
    Tā zhù jìn le zhù yuàn bù de sān lóu.
    He was admitted to the third floor of the inpatient department.
  • 住院部。
    zhù yuàn bù De hù shi měi tiān dōu hěn máng.
    The nurses in the inpatient department are very busy every day.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

住院stay in hospital
住zhùstay院yuànhospital
动宾Verb + object
部bùdepartment

住院部 combines 住院 (stay in hospital) with 部 (department) for the inpatient section.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ住zhù
Same sound today

住 pairs 亻, the person radical (written fully as 人), with 主, which supplies the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
完
完wán院yuàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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