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门诊部 (mén zhěn bù) — outpatient department (of a hospital); clinic

Definition

A noun built from 门诊 ('outpatient services') + 部 ('department, section') — literally the outpatient section of a hospital, where patients visit but are not admitted overnight. Pairs naturally with hospital and clinic words (医院, 科室, 挂号).

noun
outpatient department (of a hospital)clinic
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 门诊部。
    Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng qù mén zhěn bù shàng bān.
    I go to work at the outpatient department every morning.
  • 门诊部，。
    Zhè ge yī yuàn de mén zhěn bù hěn dà, yǒu duō gè kē shì.
    This hospital's outpatient department is very large, with multiple departments.
  • 门诊部。
    Nín kě yǐ zài mén zhěn bù guà hào kàn bìng.
    You can register and see a doctor at the clinic.

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.

门诊outpatient care
门méndoor诊zhěndiagnosis
偏正Modifier + head
部bùdepartment

The outpatient idea of 门诊 combines with 部 as department to name a clinic.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

Open 门 →

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

Open 部 →
Appears in
Hospital & Clinic

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