候诊 (hòu zhěn) — to wait for a medical consultation; to wait to see the doctor

Definition

Examples

• 病人都在诊室外候诊。
  Bìng rén dōu zài zhěn shì wài hòu zhěn.
  The patients are all waiting outside the consultation room.
• 请拿好病历卡到候诊区等候。
  Qǐng ná hǎo bìng lì kǎ dào hòu zhěn qū děng hòu.
  Please take your medical record card and wait in the waiting area.
• 医院早上七点就开始候诊了。
  Yī yuàn zǎo shàng qī diǎn jiù kāi shǐ hòu zhěn le.
  At the hospital, people start waiting for consultations as early as seven in the morning.