诊室 (zhěn shì) — consulting room (in a hospital or clinic)

Definition

noun

consulting room (in a hospital or clinic)

Measure word · 间

诊室。
Yī shēng zài zhěn shì lǐ gěi bìng rén kàn bìng.
The doctor sees patients in the consulting room.
诊室。
Qǐng dào sān hào zhěn shì qù děng.
Please go to consulting room number three and wait.
诊室，。
Zhè ge zhěn shì de chuāng hu hěn dà, guāng xiàn hěn hǎo.
This consulting room has big windows and great lighting.

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.

诊 means diagnose, and 室 means room, so together they name a room for diagnosis.

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.

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.

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

宀至室

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

至

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

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