后院 meaning in English

hòuyuàn

rear court; back garden

Traditional 後院15 strokes

Meaning of 后院

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hòuyuàn
  1. rear court
  2. back garden
  3. backyard (also fig.)

后院 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ家jiā后hòu院yuàn有yǒu几jǐ种zhǒng鸟niǎo?
How many kinds of birds are in your backyard?
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài后hòu院yuàn砍kǎn伐fá了le一yī棵kē树shù。
Tom cut down a tree in his yard.

Stroke order for each character

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后 hòu · back · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

院 yuàn · courtyard · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 后院.

最后zuìhòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
医院yīyuànhospital
学院xuéyuàncollege; educational institute
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie
电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema; movie theater
后边hòubianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
以后yǐhòuafter; later
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
今后jīnhòuhereafter; henceforth
院子yuànzicourtyard; garden
出院chūyuànto leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital

Questions about 后院

What does 后院 mean?

后院 (hòuyuàn) means "rear court; back garden".

How do you write 后院?

后院 is made of 2 characters: 后 (6 strokes), 院 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 后院 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 后院 is written 後院.