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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