接诊 (jiē zhěn) — to receive a patient (for medical consultation/treatment)

Definition

A medical term meaning 'to receive and treat a patient', used in clinical and hospital contexts. Pairs with 病人 or 患者 as its object, unlike 看病, which is used from the patient's perspective.

verb
to receive a patient (for medical consultation/treatment)

Examples

  • 接诊。
    Yī shēng měi tiān yào jiē zhěn hěn duō bìng rén.
    The doctor receives many patients every day.
  • 接诊。
    Zhè jiā yī yuàn jiē zhěn lái zì quán guó gè dì de huàn zhě.
    This hospital receives patients from all over the country.
  • ，接诊。
    Tā shì yì míng jí zhěn kē yī shēng, jīng cháng jiē zhěn wēi zhòng bìng rén.
    He is an emergency doctor and often receives critically ill patients.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

接jiēreceive
诊zhěnconsultation

接 receive and 诊 medical consultation together mean receive a patient for 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
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
妾
妾qiè接jiē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

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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.

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