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重症監護室

简重症监护室 · 繁重症監護室

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng zhèng jiān hù shì

intensive care unit (ICU)

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重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
症: zhèng · disease, illness, ailment
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室: shì · room, home, house, chamber; 13th lunar mansion, determinative star α Pegasi (Markab)
监: jiān · supervise, control, direct
护: hù · protect, guard, defend, shelter

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4–4–1–4–4 · zhong4 zheng4 jian1 hu4 shi4

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noun

(medicine, Mainland China) intensive care unit (ICU)

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