Definition
转院 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to transfer to another hospital'. The two characters 转 and 院 can split apart when you add aspect markers (了, 过), frequency (一次), or duration (三天) between them. For example: 转过一次院 ('transferred hospitals once'). The object (which hospital) is introduced with 到 or 去 after the verb, e.g. 转到最好的医院。
v.o.
to transfer to another hospital (within a medical system)
Examples
- ，转院。Bìngrén qíngkuàng yánzhòng, xūyào mǎshàng zhuǎi.The patient's condition is serious and needs an immediate transfer to another hospital.
- 。Wǒ fùqin yǐjīng zhuǎn guò yí cì yuàn le.My father has already transferred to another hospital once.
- 转院。Yīshēng jiànyì wǒmen míngtiān zhuǎi.The doctor suggested we transfer to another hospital tomorrow.
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