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诊治 (zhěn zhì) — to diagnose and treat (a patient or illness)

Definition

诊治 (zhěnzhì) is a formal verb meaning 'to diagnose and treat,' covering the full process of medical care. It sounds more clinical than the simpler 看 (kàn) 'to see a doctor.'

verb
to diagnose and treat (a patient or illness)

Examples

  • 诊治。
    Yī shēng zhèng zài zǐ xì zhěn zhì zhè wèi bìng rén.
    The doctor is carefully diagnosing and treating this patient.
  • 诊治。
    Zhè zhǒng bìng xū yào jǐn kuài zhěn zhì.
    This illness needs to be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.
  • 诊治，。
    Jīng guò duō nián de zhěn zhì, tā de bìng qíng zhōng yú hǎo zhuǎn le.
    After years of diagnosis and treatment, his condition finally improved.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

诊zhěndiagnose
治zhìtreat

诊 is diagnosing and 治 is treating, so the two actions together cover medical care.

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 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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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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
台
台tái治zhì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

治 has 水 (water) and 台; 台 gives the sound, and the character named a river.

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Appears in
Medicine & Treatment

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