住 zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 主 master, host
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
住院
zhùyuàn
to be in 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
- 爷爷住院了。 Yé ye zhù yuàn le. Grandpa is in the hospital.
- 他今天住院。 Tā jīn tiān zhù yuàn. He goes into the hospital today.
- 妈妈要住院。 Mā ma yào zhù yuàn. Mom needs to be in the hospital.
Related words
- 记住 jìzhu to memorize, to learn by heart
- 住 zhù to live, to stay
- 站住 zhànzhù to stop
- 住房 zhùfáng housing
- 抓住 zhuāzhù to catch and hold
- 居住 jūzhù to live; to reside
- 忍不住 rěnbuzhù cannot help doing
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 学院 xuéyuàn college, institute
- 医院 yīyuàn hospital
- 出院 chūyuàn to leave the hospital
- 院 yuàn courtyard