挂号费

掛號費

guàhàofèi

noun #85,294

Meanings

1 registration fee (at a hospital)
2 consultation fee

Characters

Examples

专家门诊的挂号费比较贵。

Zhuānjiā ménzhěn de guàhàofèi bǐjiào guì.

The registration fee for specialist clinics is relatively expensive.

这家医院普通门诊挂号费只要十块钱。

Zhè jiā yīyuàn pǔtōng ménzhěn guàhàofèi zhǐ yào shí kuài qián.

At this hospital, the general clinic registration fee is only ten yuan.

Tips

culture

In China's public hospital system, you pay 挂号费 before seeing a doctor — the fee registers you and assigns a queue number. Fees scale by doctor rank: 普通 (general) is cheapest; 专家 (specialist) and 主任医师 (chief physician) cost more.

Stroke Order

挂 guà

号 hào

费 fèi