急诊 jízhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment
to give or receive urgent medical treatment; emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)
How to remember 急诊: 急 urgent + 诊 to diagnose = to give or receive urgent medical treatment.
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How it is used
- Emergency medical treatment / the ER - 送去急诊 (sòng qù jízhěn) rush (someone) to the emergency room; 挂急诊 register for emergency care.
- Hospital word: 急诊科 (jízhěnkē) is the emergency department. Contrast with 门诊 (ménzhěn, regular outpatient clinic).
- Used for urgent, unscheduled care; you don't 急诊 a routine checkup.