医院/醫院 yīyuàn — hospital

Meanings

1. 1

   hospital

   A hospital. In China it is also where you go for an ordinary consultation, so 去医院 does not imply anything serious; the phrase for seeing a doctor is 看医生 or 看病.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 医/醫

  yī (first tone, high and level)

  medicine, the healing art; to treat, to cure; a doctor

  7 strokes⿷匚矢Radical 匚
• 院

  yuàn (fourth tone, falling)

  a courtyard, a walled compound; an institution housed in one — a hospital, a college, a cinema

  9 strokes⿰阝完Radical 阜

Example sentences

• 医院在学校后面。/醫院在學校後面。Yīyuàn (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) hòumiàn. (fourth tone, falling)···

  The hospital is behind the school.

• 他今天去医院看医生。/他今天去醫院看醫生。Tā (first tone, high and level) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) qù (fourth tone, falling) yīyuàn (first tone, high and level) kàn (fourth tone, falling) yīshēng. (first tone, high and level)···

  He’s going to the hospital to see a doctor today.

Similar words

Words containing 医

• 医生/醫生yīshēng (first tone, high and level)doctor, physician
• 医疗/醫療yī (first tone, high and level) liáo (second tone, rising)medical treatment
• 医学/醫學yī (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising)medicine
• 医药/醫藥yī (first tone, high and level) yào (fourth tone, falling)medical care and medicines
• 医务/醫務yī (first tone, high and level) wù (fourth tone, falling)medical affairs
• 中医/中醫Zhōng (first tone, high and level) yī (first tone, high and level)traditional Chinese medical science
• 就医/就醫jiù (fourth tone, falling) yī (first tone, high and level)to receive medical treatment
• 西医/西醫xī (first tone, high and level) yī (first tone, high and level)Western medicine
• 求医/求醫qiú (second tone, rising) yī (first tone, high and level)to seek medical treatment

Words containing 院

• 学院/學院xué (second tone, rising) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)college
• 法院fǎ (third tone, dipping) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)court of law
• 院yuàn (fourth tone, falling)courtyard
• 住院zhù (fourth tone, falling) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)to be in hospital
• 院长/院長yuàn (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)the head of an institution whose name ends in 院
• 国务院/國務院Guó (second tone, rising) Wù (fourth tone, falling) Yuàn (fourth tone, falling)State Council (PRC)
• 院子yuàn (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)courtyard
• 剧院/劇院jù (fourth tone, falling) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)theater
• 出院chū (first tone, high and level) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)to leave hospital
• 电影院/電影院diàn (fourth tone, falling) yǐng (third tone, dipping) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)cinema; movie theater
• 养老院/養老院yǎng (third tone, dipping) lǎo (third tone, dipping) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)nursing home
• 四合院sì (fourth tone, falling) hé (second tone, rising) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
• 院士yuàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling)scholar