院

yuàn

noun HSK 2 #3,704

Meanings

1 courtyard
2 institution

Characters

courtyard; institution; hospital

Contains 阝 (hill/wall radical) — an enclosed space.

Examples

院子里有一棵大树。

Yuànzi lǐ yǒu yī kē dà shù.

There's a big tree in the courtyard.

他在医院工作。

Tā zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.

He works at a hospital.

我去电影院看电影。

Wǒ qù diànyǐngyuàn kàn diànyǐng.

I'm going to the cinema to watch a movie.

Tips

usage

院 appears in many institution names: 医院 (hospital), 学院 (college), 法院 (court), 电影院 (cinema), 剧院 (theater).

Stroke Order

院 yuàn