診察

Chinese

		examine or treat medically	examine; inquire; observe examine; inquire; observe; inspect; look into; to examine
trad. (診察)		診	察
simp. (诊察)		诊	察

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěnchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chín-chhat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěnchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěnchá
    • Wade–Giles: chên³-chʻa²
    • Yale: jěn-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenchar
    • Palladius: чжэньча (čžɛnʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín-chhat
    • Tâi-lô: tsín-tshat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cynzhad
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/

Verb

診察

1. (medicine) to examine a patient

Synonyms

• 診病／诊病 (zhěnbìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
診	察
しん Grade: S	さつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sa̠t͡sɨ]
• (Tokyo) しんさつ [shìńsátsú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

診(しん)察(さつ) • (shinsatsu) 

1. medical examination

Verb

診(しん)察(さつ)する • (shinsatsu suru) suru (stem 診(しん)察(さつ)し (shinsatsu shi), past 診(しん)察(さつ)した (shinsatsu shita))

1. to examine (medically)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "診察する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	診察し	しんさつし	shinsatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	診察し	しんさつし	shinsatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	診察する	しんさつする	shinsatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	診察する	しんさつする	shinsatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	診察すれ	しんさつすれ	shinsatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	診察せよ¹ 診察しろ²	しんさつせよ¹ しんさつしろ²	shinsatsu seyo¹ shinsatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	診察される	しんさつされる	shinsatsu sareru
Causative	診察させる 診察さす	しんさつさせる しんさつさす	shinsatsu saseru shinsatsu sasu
Potential	診察できる	しんさつできる	shinsatsu dekiru
Volitional	診察しよう	しんさつしよう	shinsatsu shiyō
Negative	診察しない	しんさつしない	shinsatsu shinai
Negative continuative	診察せず	しんさつせず	shinsatsu sezu
Formal	診察します	しんさつします	shinsatsu shimasu
Perfective	診察した	しんさつした	shinsatsu shita
Conjunctive	診察して	しんさつして	shinsatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	診察すれば	しんさつすれば	shinsatsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 診(み)る (miru)

References

• “診察”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026