急诊 (jí zhěn) — (noun) emergency room, emergency department; em… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

急诊 refers to emergency medical treatment or the hospital's emergency department — the setting itself. 急救 is the action of giving first aid; 就诊 is the formal, everyday act of seeing a doctor.

noun

emergency roomemergency departmentemergency treatment

verb

to provide or receive emergency medical treatment

Examples

急诊。
Yī shēng zhèng zài jí zhěn yí wèi bìng qíng yán zhòng de bìng rén.
The doctor is giving emergency treatment to a patient with a serious condition.
，急诊。
Tā wǎn shàng tū rán bù shū fu, qù le jí zhěn.
He suddenly felt unwell in the evening and went to the emergency department.
急诊。
Zhè jiā yī yuàn de jí zhěn hěn máng.
This hospital's emergency department is very busy.

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.

急jíurgent

诊zhěndiagnosis

急 means 'urgent' and 诊 means 'diagnosis', giving emergency treatment.

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

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

及

及jí急jí

Same sound today

急 pairs 心 (heart) with 及, which gives the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 診; 诊 is its simplified writing.

言㐱診

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

㐱

㐱㐱診zhěn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 診, the left part 言 relates to speech, and the right part 㐱 gives the sound; the simplified 诊 is a later shorthand.

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