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医院

yīyuàn

hospital

hospital
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Characters in this word

医 yī

Strokes
7
Radical
匸 — box
Made of
匸 box 矢 arrow, dart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 医

院 yuàn

Strokes
9
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 完 to complete, to finish, to settle
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 院

Example phrases

  • 他在医院工作。 Tā zài yīyuàn gōngzuò. He works at a hospital.
  • 我明天去医院。 Wǒ míngtiān qù yīyuàn. I'm going to the hospital tomorrow.
  • 医院在学校左边。 Yīyuàn zài xuéxiào zuǒbian. The hospital is to the left of the school.
  • 医院里有很多病人。 Yīyuàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō bìngrén. There are many patients in the hospital.
  • 她在医院看病。 Tā zài yīyuàn kàn bìng. She's seeing a doctor at the hospital.
  • 医院几点开门? Yīyuàn jǐ diǎn kāimén? What time does the hospital open?
  • 请在医院门口等我。 Qǐng zài yīyuàn ménkǒu děng wǒ. Please wait for me at the hospital entrance.
  • 他昨天没去医院。 Tā zuótiān méi qù yīyuàn. He didn't go to the hospital yesterday.
  • 我们怎么去医院? Wǒmen zěnme qù yīyuàn? How do we get to the hospital?
  • 别在医院里跑。 Bié zài yīyuàn lǐ pǎo. Don't run in the hospital.

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