诊疗室 (zhěn liáo shì) — consulting room (in a hospital or clinic)

Definition

noun
consulting room (in a hospital or clinic)
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 诊疗室。
    Yī shēng zài zhěn liáo shì lǐ děng bìng rén.
    The doctor is waiting for the patient in the consulting room.
  • 诊疗室。
    Qǐng dào sān hào zhěn liáo shì mén kǒu pái duì.
    Please line up at the door of consulting room number three.
  • 诊疗室。
    Zhè jiān zhěn liáo shì de shè bèi hěn xiān jìn.
    The equipment in this consulting room is very advanced.

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.

诊疗medical care
诊zhěndiagnose疗liáotreat
联合Side by side
室shìroom

诊 and 疗 cover diagnosis and treatment, and 室 is a room, so this is a room for medical care.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
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.

Open 诊 →

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 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèdisease
Sound part声符shēngfú
尞
尞liáo療liáo
Same sound today

The traditional form 療 has 疒 for disease and 尞 for the sound; the simplified 疗 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical ones.

Open 疗 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
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.

Open 室 →

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