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医院 (yī yuàn): meaning and stroke order

医院 (yī yuàn) means hospital, CL:所,家,座.

医院

Simplified
医院
Traditional
醫院
Pinyin
yī yuàn

Stroke order of 医院

医

  • yī medical; medicine
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 醫

Stroke by stroke

院

  • yuàn courtyard; institution
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 医院

  1. yī yuàn Traditional 醫院
    • hospital
    • CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]

Radicals of the characters

医
Radical 匸 (Kangxi radical 23) · 7 strokes · built from 匚 and 矢
院
Radical 阜 (Kangxi radical 170) · 9 strokes · 阝 on the left, 完 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

医院 in our stories

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  • 林东坐出租车去医院。

    Lín Dōng zuò chūzūchē qù yīyuàn

    Lin Dong takes a taxi to the hospital.

    From the story Taking a taxi HSK 1

  • 今天早上，妈妈带他去医院。

    jīntiān zǎoshang māma dài tā qù yīyuàn

    This morning his mum takes him to the hospital.

    From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2

  • 妻子看不下去，硬拉着他去医院做了全面检查。

    qīzi kàn bú xiàqu yìng lā zhe tā qù yīyuàn zuò le quánmiàn jiǎnchá

    His wife couldn't stand it and dragged him to hospital for a full check-up.

    From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 医院

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).