出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出院
chūyuàn
to leave the hospital
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 他今天出院。 Tā jīntiān chūyuàn. He leaves the hospital today.
- 妈妈出院了。 Māma chūyuàn le. Mom left the hospital.
- 出院后休息。 Chūyuàn hòu xiūxi. Rest after leaving the hospital.