Definition

1. Verb:
   • To X-ray: The primary meaning of "chiếu điện" is to examine or produce an image of the internal structure of an object, especially a part of the body, using X-rays.
   • To roentgenize: A technical synonym meaning to subject something to examination by X-rays.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bác sĩ cần chiếu điện ngực cho bệnh nhân. (The doctor needs to X-ray the patient's chest.)
  • Sau khi ngã, anh ấy được đưa đi chiếu điện xương cẳng chân. (After the fall, he was taken to get an X-ray of his shin bone.)

Advanced Usage

• "chiếu điện phổi": A specific compound phrase meaning "to X-ray (someone's) lungs".
  • Tất cả công nhân nhà máy đều phải định kỳ chiếu điện phổi. (All factory workers must periodically have their lungs X-rayed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chụp X-quang (v): A more common modern synonym for "to take an X-ray".
  • Chụp X-quang là một kỹ thuật chẩn đoán hình ảnh phổ biến. (Taking an X-ray is a common diagnostic imaging technique.)

Synonyms

• To radiograph: To produce an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light, especially by X-rays.
• To take an X-ray: The common conversational synonym.

Related Terms

• Máy chiếu điện (n): An older or technical term for an X-ray machine.
• Phim chiếu điện (n): The X-ray film or image.
  • Bác sĩ đang xem phim chiếu điện. (The doctor is looking at the X-ray film.)

1. To X-ray, to roentgenize
   • chiếu điện phổi
     to X-ray (someone's) lungs