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院
yuàn
1. courtyard
2. institution
3. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

院
yuàn
court, yard, courtyard; school
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

下院
xiàyuàn
lower house (of parliament)
五院
wǔyuàn
Five yuan or courts that formed the government of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution, namely: [[行政院<xíngzhèngyuàn>]] Executive yuan, [[立法院<lìfǎyuàn>]] Legislative yuan, [[司法院<sīfǎyuàn>]] Judicial yuan, [[考試院|考试院<kǎoshìyuàn>]] Examination yuan, [[監察院|监察院<jiāncháyuàn>]] Control yuan
住院
zhùyuàn
to be in hospital
修院
xiūyuàn
seminary (Christian college)
僧院
sēngyuàn
abbey
入院
rùyuàn
to enter hospital
两院
liǎngyuàn
two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
出院
chūyuàn
to leave hospital
剧院
jùyuàn
theater
参院
cānyuàn
abbr. for [[參議院|参议院<cānyìyuàn>]], senate
单院
dānyuàn
single house (assembly)
场院
chángyuàn
threshing floor
外院
wàiyuàn
outer courtyard
大院
dàyuàn
courtyard (surrounded by many buildings)
妓院
jìyuàn
brothel
学院
xuéyuàn
college
宅院
zháiyuàn
house
寺院
sìyuàn
cloister
庭院
tíngyuàn
courtyard
影院
yǐngyuàn
cinema

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
337
Word Frequency Rank
594 of 84,292

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