住院

zhùyuàn

verb HSK 2 #4,574

Meanings

1 to be hospitalized
2 to be admitted to hospital

Characters

to stay; to live

hospital (short for 医院)

Examples

他生病住院了。

Tā shēngbìng zhù yuàn le.

He got sick and was hospitalized.

她住了三天院。

Tā zhù le sān tiān yuàn.

She was in the hospital for three days.

住院的费用很高。

Zhù yuàn de fèiyòng hěn gāo.

The cost of hospitalization is high.

Tips

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 (chū yuàn) = to be discharged from hospital. The opposite of 住院.

Stroke Order

住 zhù

院 yuàn