养老院/養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn — nursing home

Meanings

1. 1

   nursing home

   nursing home

   noun

Character breakdown

• 老

  lǎo (third tone, dipping)

  old, aged; long-established; (before a verb) always, forever doing something; a familiar or respectful prefix for people

  6 strokes⿸耂匕Radical 老
• 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

Words containing 老

• 老lǎo (third tone, dipping)old, aged (of people and animals)
• 老师/老師lǎoshī (third tone, dipping)teacher
• 老板lǎo (third tone, dipping) bǎn (third tone, dipping)boss
• 老婆lǎo (third tone, dipping) pó (second tone, rising)(coll.) wife
• 老公lǎo (third tone, dipping) gōng (first tone, high and level)(coll.) husband
• 老人lǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)old man or woman
• 老大lǎo (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)old age
• 老鼠lǎo (third tone, dipping) shǔ (third tone, dipping)rat
• 老实/老實lǎo (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising)honest
• 古老gǔ (third tone, dipping) lǎo (third tone, dipping)ancient
• 老虎lǎo (third tone, dipping) hǔ (third tone, dipping)tiger
• 老是lǎo (third tone, dipping) shi (neutral tone)always
• 老家lǎo (third tone, dipping) jiā (first tone, high and level)native place
• 老太太lǎo (third tone, dipping) tài (fourth tone, falling) tai (neutral tone)elderly lady (respectful)
• 老朋友lǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)old friend
• 老百姓lǎo (third tone, dipping) bǎi (third tone, dipping) xìng (fourth tone, falling)ordinary people
• 老年lǎo (third tone, dipping) nián (second tone, rising)elderly
• 老人家lǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)polite term for old woman or man

Words containing 院

• 医院/醫院yīyuàn (first tone, high and level)hospital
• 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
• 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