儿童福利院

兒童福利院
értóngfúlìyuàn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

Zhè suǒ értóng fúlìyuàn shōuyǎng le sān bǎi duō míng gū'ér.
This children's welfare institute has taken in over 300 orphans.
Tā měi ge 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

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tóng
yuàn