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(yī yuàn) - hospital in Mandarin

yuàn

Traditional: 醫院

Line drawing of 医院
Coloured illustration of 医院
HSK 2
#645 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

hospital

Word origin

A compound of 医 (yī, 'medicine') and 院 (yuàn, 'courtyard, institution'), literally a 'medical institution'. 院 is a phono-semantic compound of 阝(the mound radical, suggesting a walled enclosure) with 完 (wán) as the phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
医 (yī, 'medicine') + 院 (yuàn, 'institution'; 阝mound + 完 wán phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 医

Stroke order for 院

Examples

He works at the hospital.

I'm going to the hospital to see the doctor.

This hospital is very big.

kǒu

There is a long queue at the hospital entrance.

Grandma is hospitalised, I am going to the hospital to see her.

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This word is part of lesson 13.