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诊疗 (zhěn liáo) — to diagnose and treat (a medical condition)

Definition

A formal, written term combining 诊 (diagnose) and 疗 (treat), used in medical or clinical contexts like hospital services. More bookish than the everyday 看病 or 治疗.

verb
to diagnose and treat (a medical condition)

Examples

  • 诊疗。
    Yī shēng zhèng zài wèi bìng rén zhěn liáo.
    The doctor is diagnosing and treating the patient.
  • 诊疗。
    Zhè jiā yī yuàn tí gōng xiān jìn de zhěn liáo fú wù.
    This hospital provides advanced diagnosis and treatment services.
  • 诊疗。
    Zǎo qī zhěn liáo duì kāng fù fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Early diagnosis and treatment are very important for recovery.

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
疗liáotreat

诊 means diagnose and 疗 means treat, so the word covers both steps.

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.

Open 诊 →

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 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèdisease
Sound part声符shēngfú
尞
尞liáo療liáo
Same sound today

The traditional form 療 has 疒 for disease and 尞 for the sound; the simplified 疗 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical ones.

Open 疗 →
Appears in
Medicine & Treatment

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