Meaning of 出院
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to leave hospital
- to be discharged from hospital
How to use 出院
出院 is a verb-object phrase used when a patient is discharged. You often hear it with 了 or with time words. Example: 他明天出院。(Tā míngtiān chūyuàn.) He leaves the hospital tomorrow.
出 (chū) means to go out, and 院 (yuàn) is the 院 in 医院 (yīyuàn), hospital. Put them together and you literally "go out of the hospital."
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 出医院 or 离开医院 when they mean being discharged. The natural word is simply 出院, and the opposite is 住院 (zhùyuàn), to be hospitalized, not 进院.
出院 in example sentences
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出 chū · to go out · 5 strokes
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院 yuàn · courtyard · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 出院.
| 出来 | chūlái | to come out; to appear |
| 出去 | chūqù | to go out |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | hospital |
| 学院 | xuéyuàn | college; educational institute |
| 电影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 出现 | chūxiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 出发 | chūfā | to set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba |
| 出生 | chūshēng | to be born |
| 提出 | tíchū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
| 找出 | zhǎochū | to find; to search out |
| 出口 | chūkǒu | an exit; to speak |
| 拿出 | náchū | to take out; to put out |
Questions about 出院
What does 出院 mean?
出院 (chūyuàn) means "to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital".
How do you write 出院?
出院 is made of 2 characters: 出 (5 strokes), 院 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 出院 an HSK word?
Yes. 出院 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can 出院 be split up in a sentence?
Yes. Because it is a verb plus object, you can insert words between the parts, as in 出了院 (chū le yuàn) or 出不了院 (chū bù liǎo yuàn), meaning unable to be discharged.
Does 出院 only refer to hospitals?
In everyday use, yes. Even though 院 also appears in 学院 (xuéyuàn) and 电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn), 出院 on its own is understood as leaving a hospital, not a college or cinema.