安老院

ānlǎoyuàn

noun

Measure Word

一家安老院 jiā

Meanings

1 old people's home
2 nursing home (dialect, esp. Cantonese / Hong Kong)

Characters

courtyard / institution

Examples

他每周末都去安老院探望奶奶。

Tā měi zhōumò dōu qù ānlǎoyuàn tànwàng nǎinai.

He visits his grandmother at the nursing home every weekend.

香港不少安老院都缺人手。

Xiānggǎng bùshǎo ānlǎoyuàn dōu quē rénshǒu.

Many nursing homes in Hong Kong are short-staffed.

Tips

register

Common in Hong Kong / Cantonese-speaking regions. Mainland Mandarin more often uses 养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn) or 敬老院 (jìnglǎoyuàn). 安 here means 'to settle / give peace to', so the name literally reads 'home for settling the elderly in peace'.

Stroke Order

安 ān

老 lǎo

院 yuàn