(yī yuàn) - hospital in Mandarin
yīyuànTraditional: 醫院
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
医
院
Examples
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He works at the hospital.
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I'm going to the hospital to see the doctor.
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This hospital is very big.
口。
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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