急诊科 (jí zhěn kē) — emergency department; ER

Definition

noun
emergency departmentER
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 急诊科。
    Tā bèi jiù hù chē zhí jiē sòng jìn le jí zhěn kē.
    He was taken straight to the emergency department by ambulance.
  • 急诊科。
    jí zhěn kē De zhí bān yī shēng zhèng zài chǔ lǐ yì míng wēi zhòng bìng rén.
    The doctor on duty in the ER is treating a critical patient.
  • ，急诊科。
    Wǎn shàng shí diǎn yǐ hòu, jí zhěn kē réng rán yǒu hěn duō rén pái duì.
    After ten o'clock at night, there are still many people lining up in the ER.

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zhěntreatment
偏正Modifier + head
科kēdepartment

急诊 covers urgent treatment and 科 marks a department, giving emergency department.

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.

Open 急 →

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
斗斗dòumeasuring tool
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé科kē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

科 pairs 禾, which gives the hé sound, with 斗, a measuring tool.

Open 科 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.