Meaning of 学院
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- college
- educational institute
- school
- faculty
Measure word: 所
How to use 学院
学院 refers to a college, an institute, or a faculty within a university, and it often appears in names of schools. For example: 他在音乐学院学习。(Tā zài yīnyuè xuéyuàn xuéxí.) He studies at a music conservatory.
学院 combines 学 (xué, to study) and 院 (yuàn, a courtyard or institution). Picture a courtyard full of people studying, and you have a college.
Common mistake: Learners often use 学院 for any school, but young children go to a 学校 (xuéxiào), not a 学院. Also keep the second syllable in fourth tone, yuàn, the same 院 as in 医院 (yīyuàn, hospital).
学院 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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学 xué · to learn · 8 strokes
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院 yuàn · courtyard · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 学院.
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | hospital |
| 学生 | xuéshēng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 学习 | xuéxí | to learn; to study |
| 同学 | tóngxué | to study at the same school; fellow student |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
| 中学 | zhōngxué | middle school |
| 放学 | fàngxué | to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 电影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater |
Questions about 学院
What does 学院 mean?
学院 (xuéyuàn) means "college; educational institute" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 学院?
学院 is made of 2 characters: 学 (8 strokes), 院 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 学院 an HSK word?
Yes. 学院 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 学院 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 学院 is written 學院.
What is the difference between 学院 and 大学?
大学 (dàxué) is a university, usually large with many fields of study. 学院 is often a smaller specialized college, or one faculty inside a 大学, such as 外语学院 (wàiyǔ xuéyuàn), the School of Foreign Languages.
How do I say which college I belong to?
Use the university name, then the 学院. For example: 我是北京大学法学院的学生。(Wǒ shì Běijīng Dàxué fǎ xuéyuàn de xuéshēng.) I am a student at the Peking University Law School.