应诊 (yìng zhěn) — (verb) to see patients; to attend to patients (…

Definition

Formal/clinical term for a doctor seeing patients, used in hospital contexts. Refers to the act of being available for consultation, not to illness.

verb

to see patientsto attend to patients (of a doctor)

应诊。
Zhè wèi yī shēng měi tiān xià wǔ liǎng diǎn kāi shǐ yìng zhěn.
This doctor starts seeing patients at two o'clock every afternoon.
应诊。
Xià zhōu zhuān jiā mén zhěn yóu lǐ jiào shòu yìng zhěn.
Next week's specialist clinic will be attended by Professor Li.
应诊。
Zhè jiā yī yuàn yè jiān yě yǒu yī shēng yìng zhěn.
This hospital also has doctors seeing patients at night.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

诊zhěnconsultation

The 应 response to a 诊 consultation means a doctor seeing patients.

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 應; 应 is its simplified writing.

䧹心應

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

䧹

䧹䧹應yìng

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

The traditional form 應 pairs 心 (heart) with 䧹 as a sound part; the simplified 应 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the original components.

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.