儿童福利院

兒童福利院
értóng fúlìyuàn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 children's welfare institute
  2. 2 orphanage (state-run)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhè suǒ értóng fúlìyuàn shōuyǎng le sānbǎi duō míng gū'ér.
This children's welfare institute has taken in over 300 orphans.
HSK 7-9
Tā měige zhōumò qù értóng fúlìyuàn zuò zhìyuànzhě.
She volunteers at the children's welfare institute every weekend.

Tips

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儿童福利院 is the formal, state term for what English calls an 'orphanage' - Chinese avoids 孤儿院 (orphanage) in official usage because many residents are abandoned children or disabled children with living parents, not strictly orphans.

Stroke Order

ér
tóng
yuàn