筛查 (shāi chá) — Chinese Word

verb HSK 5

Traditional 篩查

shāi chá

to screen · to conduct screening · screening examination

Meaning

筛查 means to systematically examine or test a large group of people to identify those who may have a particular disease or condition, even before symptoms appear. It is commonly used in medical and public health contexts to refer to preventive screening programs.

Usage

This term is predominantly used in medical, healthcare, and public health settings. It appears frequently in discussions about disease prevention, early detection programs, and health checkups. Common contexts include cancer screening, genetic screening, and epidemic disease screening.

Examples

01
政府建议四十岁以上的人每年做一次癌症筛查。
Zhèng fǔ jiàn yì sì shí suì yǐ shàng de rén měi nián zuò yī cì ái zhèng shāi chá.
The government recommends that people over forty undergo cancer screening once a year.
02
这次全民核酸筛查帮助我们及时发现了感染者。
Zhè cì quán mín hé suān shāi chá bāng zhù wǒ men jí shí fā xiàn le gǎn rǎn zhě.
This citywide nucleic acid screening helped us identify infected individuals in a timely manner.

Characters

Measure words

次cì做一次筛查
项xiàng一项筛查

Common collocations

癌症筛查
ái zhèng shāi chá
cancer screening
进行筛查
jìn xíng shāi chá
to conduct screening
筛查项目
shāi chá xiàng mù
screening program
疾病筛查
jí bìng shāi chá
disease screening

Origin

筛 originally means to sift through a sieve, filtering out unwanted materials. Combined with 查 (to examine), 筛查 metaphorically describes the process of filtering through a population to find cases that need attention.