急诊室 (jí zhěn shì) — emergency room, emergency ward | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

emergency roomemergency ward

Measure word · 间

Examples

急诊室。
Tā bèi sòng dào le jí zhěn shì.
He was sent to the emergency room.
急诊室。
jí zhěn shì Lǐ de yī shēng fēi cháng máng lù.
The doctors in the emergency room are very busy.
急诊室。
Wǒ men zài jí zhěn shì děng le sān gè xiǎo shí.
We waited in the emergency room for three hours.

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.

急诊emergency treatment

急jíurgent诊zhěntreat

偏正Modifier + head

急诊室 combines 急诊 (urgent treatment) with 室 (room), a room for urgent treatment.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

及

及jí急jí

Same sound today

急 pairs 心 (heart) with 及, which gives the sound.

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

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.

Appears in

Hospital & Clinic

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