太平间 (tài píng jiān) — mortuary; morgue (in a hospital)

Definition

The morgue or mortuary inside a hospital where bodies are kept before burial or identification. The 间 marks it as a room (measure word 间, 停尸房 is a blunter spoken alternative).

noun

mortuarymorgue (in a hospital)

Measure word · 间

Examples

太平间。
Jiā shǔ zài tài píng jiān lǐ què rèn le yí tǐ.
The family confirmed the body in the mortuary.
太平间。
Yī yuàn de tài píng jiān zài dì xià yī céng.
The hospital's mortuary is on the first basement level.
太平间。
Nà jù wú míng shī tǐ bèi zàn shí cún fàng zài tài píng jiān.
That unidentified corpse was temporarily stored in the morgue.