Is it called visiting or visiting patients?

Visit, pronounced tàn wàng, is a Chinese word, which means to look around or visit (mostly long distance).

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Feng Ming magnum Yu's Ming Yan Volume 1: Sanqiaoer is getting more and more flustered when she thinks of her husband's departure appointment. She goes outside several times a day.

The fourth fold of Yuan Georgi's Yangzhou Dream: I visited Du Hanlin several times.

Shi Ming Naian's "Water Margin" (Chapter 6): "The flower monk pulled the head of the weeping willow leopard upside down and strayed into the White Tiger Hall": I came to visit my brother. Why haven't I seen you in the street for several days?

Yu's "Qiaotuan Tufen": Son, your home is in Hankou. You should go and see it.

Yang Mo's Song of Youth, Part I, Chapter 4: Yu Jing and Tang Dou visit her once or twice a day.