院
Meaning
- courtyard
- institution
Measure word
个 gè
Example sentence
我很少去影院。
I rarely go to the cinema.
The character 院
院 is 阝, a wall, beside 完: a walled courtyard. From the courtyard comes the institution built around one — 医院 the hospital, 学院 a college, 电影院 the cinema, 法院 the court.
Words containing 院
- 电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema; movie theater
- 学院 xué yuàn college
- 医院 yī yuàn hospital
- 出院 chū yuàn to leave hospital
- 院长 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China
- 院子 yuàn zi courtyard
- 住院 zhù yuàn to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
- 法院 fǎ yuàn court of law