Chinese word

候诊室

Pronunciation

Pinyinhòu zhěn shì

Meaning

  • nounwaiting room

Example

请到候诊室等候，医生很快就来。qǐng dào hòu zhěn shì děng hòu yī shēng hěn kuài jiù lái

Please wait in the waiting room; the doctor will be here soon.

Illustration for 候诊室 (waiting room)

More examples

我在候诊室等候，带了一本书。wǒ zài hòu zhěn shì děng hòu dài le yì běn shū

I am waiting in the waiting room, and I brought a book.

Core concept

A hospital room where patients wait until their turn for medical care.

Common phrases

  • 在候诊室等候zài hòu zhěn shì děng hòu

    wait in the waiting room

  • 到候诊室去dào hòu zhěn shì qù

    go to the waiting room

  • 候诊室里hòu zhěn shì lǐ

    in the waiting room

Similar words

等候室děng hòu shì: A room where people sit and wait before receiving medical care.
候诊区hòu zhěn qū: A designated area in a hospital where patients wait for their turn to receive medical care.

Definition in Chinese

医院或门诊中供患者等候接受诊疗的场所。yī yuàn huò mén zhěn zhōng gōng huàn zhě děng hòu jiē shòu zhěn liáo de cháng suǒ

Word origin

候 (hòu, "wait") + 诊 (zhěn, "medical examination") + 室 (shì, "room") literally forms a room for waiting for an examination.

Usage tips

  • In everyday clinic directions, this word points specifically to the patient area before medical care, not to a general waiting place in a building.

Opposites

Related words

  • 候诊hòu zhěnwait to see a doctorverb
  • 候诊区hòu zhěn qūmedical waiting areanoun

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