Meaning of 医院
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- hospital
Measure word: 所,家,座
How to use 医院
医院 is the everyday word for hospital and is often used with verbs like 去 (qù), 住 (zhù), and 出 (chū). Example: 我妈妈在医院工作。(Wǒ māma zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.) My mom works at a hospital.
医 (yī) means medicine or healing, and 院 (yuàn) means a courtyard or institution. A healing institution is a hospital.
Common mistake: Learners often say 去医生 when they mean going to the hospital. 医生 (yīshēng) is the doctor and 医院 (yīyuàn) is the place, so say 去医院 or 看医生. Also keep yuàn in the fourth tone, not yuán.
医院 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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医 yī · to cure · 7 strokes
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院 yuàn · courtyard · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 医院.
| 医生 | yīshēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 学院 | xuéyuàn | college; educational institute |
| 电影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 院子 | yuànzi | courtyard; garden |
| 出院 | chūyuàn | to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital |
| 院长 | yuànzhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university presi |
| 住院 | zhùyuàn | to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized |
| 西医 | xīyī | Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine |
| 中医 | zhōngyī | traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine |
| 法院 | fǎyuàn | court of law; court |
| 医疗 | yīliáo | medical treatment |
| 医学 | yīxué | medicine; medical science |
Questions about 医院
What does 医院 mean?
医院 (yīyuàn) means "hospital" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 医院?
医院 is made of 2 characters: 医 (7 strokes), 院 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 医院 an HSK word?
Yes. 医院 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 医院 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 医院 is written 醫院.
How do you say 'to be hospitalized' in Chinese?
Say 住院 (zhùyuàn), literally 'to live in the hospital.' The opposite is 出院 (chūyuàn), to be discharged.
Why do 医院, 电影院 and 学院 all end in 院?
院 marks a building or institution with a specific public purpose. So 电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn) is a place for films, and 学院 (xuéyuàn) is a place for study.