院 (yuàn): courtyard, institution
院 (yuàn) is a Chinese character meaning “courtyard.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 阝 (semantic) and 完 (phonetic). It ranks #338 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 院 place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 部 (bù, ministry).
Definitions
- courtyard
- institution
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 院
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 医院noun | yī yuàn | hospital | 1 |
| 学院noun | xué yuàn | college | 4 |
| 法院noun | fǎ yuàn | court of law | 5 |
| 剧院noun | jù yuàn | theater | 4 |
| 住院verb | zhù yuàn | to stay in hospital | 3 |
| 院子noun | yuàn zi | courtyard | 4 |
| 电影院noun | diàn yǐng yuàn | cinema | 1 |
| 出院verb | chū yuàn | to leave hospital | 3 |
| 院长noun | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 | 4 |
| 养老院noun | yǎng lǎo yuàn | nursing home | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后院noun | hòu yuàn | rear court |
| 医学院noun | yī xué yuàn | medical school |
| 精神病院 | jīng shén bìng yuàn | mental hospital |
| 法学院noun | fǎ xué yuàn | law school |
| 孤儿院noun | gū ér yuàn | orphanage |
| 修道院noun | xiū dào yuàn | monastery |
| 参议院noun | cān yì yuàn | senate |
| 妓院noun | jì yuàn | brothel |
| 检察院noun | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office |
| 戏院noun | xì yuàn | theater |
| 疗养院noun | liáo yǎng yuàn | sanatorium |
| 国务院proper-noun | guó wù yuàn | (PRC) State Council |
| 影院noun | yǐng yuàn | cinema |
| 疯人院noun | fēng rén yuàn | insane asylum |
| 入院verb | rù yuàn | to enter hospital |
院 appears in 104 compound words: 11 as the first character, 85 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 院 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
这家医院设备先进，医生水平也很高。
Zhè jiā yīyuàn shèbèi xiānjìn, yīshēng shuǐpíng yě hěn gāo.
This hospital has advanced equipment and highly skilled doctors.
跨越八百里守护 湘雅医院助超早产三胞胎平安回家团圆
kuà yuè bā bǎi lǐ shǒu hù 湘 yǎ yī yuàn zhù chāo zǎo chǎn sān bāo tāi píng ān huí jiā tuán yuán
Spanning 800 miles to protect Xiangya Hospital to help the ultra-premature triplets return home safely and reunite
2025年收获满满,山东信息职业技术学院向合作单位..
nián shōu huò mǎn mǎn , shān dōng xìn xī zhí yè jì shù xué yuàn xiàng gě zuò shàn wèi . .
2025: A Year of Abundant Harvests Shandong Information Vocational College extends its gratitude to partner institutions...
浙江省政府批复同意!宁波一大学将设新学院
zhè jiāng shěng zhèng fǔ pī fù tóng yì ! nìng bō yī dà xué jiāng shè xīn xué yuàn
Zhejiang Provincial Government Approves! A New College to Be Established at a University in Ningbo
青岛恒星科技学院:产教融合协同出海,绘就全球化新图..
qīng dǎo héng xīng kē jì xué yuàn chǎn jiào róng gě xié tóng chū hǎi , huì jiù quán qiú huā xīn tú . .
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xīn chūn jiàn wén tàn fǎng ā bō dí kē jì xiǎo yuàn zhōng guó chūn jié zhuàng shǎng bā . .
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你身体一直非常好，怎么突然间住医院了？
Nǐ shēntǐ yīzhí fēicháng hǎo, zěnme tūránjiān zhù yīyuàn le?
Your body was always very healthy; why are you suddenly in the hospital?
这里附近有没有电影院？
Zhèlǐ fùjìn yǒuméiyǒu diànyǐngyuàn?
Are there any movie theaters near here?
我们去电影院怎么样？
Wǒmen qù diànyǐngyuàn zěnmeyàng?
Shall we go to the cinema?
你们庭院里有桌子吗？
Nǐmen tíngyuàn lǐ yǒu zhuōzi ma?
Do you have a table in the patio?
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