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
院
yuàn
courtyard
Character
Example phrases
- 院里有花。 Yuàn lǐ yǒu huā. There are flowers in the courtyard.
- 小院很安静。 Xiǎo yuàn hěn ānjìng. The small courtyard is very quiet.
- 院门开了。 Yuàn mén kāi le. The courtyard gate opened.
Related words
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 学院 xuéyuàn college, institute
- 医院 yīyuàn hospital
- 出院 chūyuàn to leave the hospital
- 院长 yuànzhǎng director; head of an institution
- 院子 yuànzi courtyard; yard
- 住院 zhùyuàn to be in the hospital
- 法院 fǎyuàn court
- 座位 zuòwèi seat
- 套 tào a measure word for sets
- 花园 huāyuán garden
- 住房 zhùfáng housing