急诊

Meaning(noun)

to give or receive urgent medical treatment; emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department, or from a doctor on a house call)

Examples

• 他半夜肚子疼，去医院看了急诊。

  tā bàn yè dù zǐ téng, qù yī yuàn kàn le jí zhěn.

  He had a stomach ache at midnight and went to A&E.

• 急诊室在一楼。

  jí zhěn shì zài yī lóu.

  The emergency room is on the ground floor.

• 急诊二十四小时都有医生。

  jí zhěn èr shí sì xiǎo shí dōu yǒu yī shēng.

  The emergency department has doctors 24 hours a day.

Easily confused

• 门诊 — 急诊 is emergency care; 门诊 is a regular outpatient visit.

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