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转院 (zhuǎn yuàn) — to transfer to another hospital (within a medical system)

Definition

A separable verb meaning to transfer a patient from one hospital to another, usually for better equipment or specialists. The split is 转…院 (e.g. 转过一次院).

verb
to transfer to another hospital (within a medical system)

Examples

  • ，转院。
    Bìng rén qíng kuàng yán zhòng, xū yào mǎ shàng zhuǎn yuàn.
    The patient's condition is serious and needs an immediate transfer to another hospital.
  • 。
    Wǒ fù qīn yǐ jīng zhuǎn guò yí cì yuàn le.
    My father has already transferred to another hospital once.
  • 转院。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì wǒ men míng tiān zhuǎn yuàn.
    The doctor suggested we transfer to another hospital tomorrow.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

转zhuǎntransfer
院yuànhospital

转 means transfer, and 院 means hospital; together they describe moving a patient to another hospital.

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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcarriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān轉zhuǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 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
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
完
完wán院yuàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

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Appears in
Hospital & Clinic

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