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What does 院 mean in Chinese?

院 (yuàn) means "courtyard; institution" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 2 word.

How do you pronounce 院?

院 is pronounced "yuàn" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 4.

What words contain the character 院?

Common words with 院 include 住院 (to be in hospital), 下院 (lower house (of parliament)), 五院 (Five yuan or courts that formed the government of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution, namely: 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan), 上议院 (Upper Chamber), 下议院 (lower chamber (of legislative body)).

How do you write 院?

院 has 9 strokes. Its radical is 阝. You can view the stroke order animation on our stroke order tool.

院 (yuàn) — courtyard | Chinese Dictionary

院

yuàn

courtyard; institution

HSK 2classifier9 strokes

Character Breakdown

院 = 阝 + 完

A walled-off complete space — courtyard, institution

Radical: 阝 (no. 170)Strokes: 9

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Definitions

(classifier) courtyard
institution

Classifier: 个 (gè)

Example Sentences

这个院子很大。

Zhège yuànzi hěn dà

This courtyard is very big

Words Containing 院

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	HSK
住院	zhù yuàn	to be in hospital	HSK 2
下院	xià yuàn	lower house (of parliament)
五院	wǔ yuàn	Five yuan or courts that formed the government of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution, namely: 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院\|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院\|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
上议院	Shàng yì yuàn	Upper Chamber
下议院	xià yì yuàn	lower chamber (of legislative body)
中研院	Zhōng yán yuàn	Academia Sinica
中科院	Zhōng kē yuàn	abbr. for 中國社會科學院\|中国社会科学院[Zhong1 guo2 She4 hui4 Ke1 xue2 yuan4], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
上诉法院	shàng sù fǎ yuàn	appeals court
人民法院	rén mín fǎ yuàn	people's court (of law)
住院治疗	zhù yuàn zhì liáo	to receive hospital treatment

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中庭(zhōng tíng)— courtyard

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前庭(qián tíng)— front courtyard

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前院(qián yuàn)— front courtyard

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Grammar Notes

First...Then (先...再/然后)HSK 3

先 + Verb₁，再/然后 + Verb₂

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HSK & Exam Info

HSK 3.0: Level 2

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