四合院(sì hé yuàn) - siheyuan, courtyard house (traditional Beijing home built around a courtyard) in Mandarin

老lǎo北běi京jīng的de四sì合hé院yuàn里lǐ有yǒu一yì棵kē大dà树shù。

There is a big tree in the courtyard of an old Beijing siheyuan.

这zhè座zuò四sì合hé院yuàn已yǐ经jīng有yǒu一yì百bǎi多duō年nián的de历lì史shǐ了le。

This courtyard house is more than a hundred years old.

四sì合hé院yuàn的de四sì面miàn都dōu有yǒu房fáng子zi，中zhōng间jiān是shì院yuàn子zi。

A siheyuan has buildings on all four sides and a yard in the middle.

爷yé爷ye小xiǎo时shí候hou住zhù在zài北běi京jīng的de一yí个gè四sì合hé院yuàn里lǐ。

When he was little, my grandfather lived in a courtyard house in Beijing.

我wǒ们men周zhōu末mò去qù参cān观guān了le一yí个gè四sì合hé院yuàn。

We visited a courtyard house at the weekend.