住院

zhùyuàn

verb HSK 2 #4,574

Meanings

HSK 1

他生病住院了。

Tā shēngbìng zhùyuàn le.

He got sick and was hospitalized.

HSK 2

她住了三天院。

Tā zhù le sān tiān yuàn.

She was in the hospital for three days.

HSK 3

住院的费用很高。

Zhùyuàn de fèiyòng hěn gāo.

The cost of hospitalization is high.

grammar

住院 is a separable verb (离合词). You can insert duration: 住了两天院 (was hospitalized for two days).

usage

出院 = to be discharged from hospital. The opposite of 住院.

住 zhù

院 yuàn