养老院
yǎnglǎoyuàn
nursing home
Characters in this word
老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
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
- 这家养老院离医院很近，家属探望也方便。 Zhè jiā yǎnglǎoyuàn lí yīyuàn hěn jìn, jiāshǔ tànwàng yě fāngbiàn. This nursing home is very close to the hospital, and it is also convenient for family members to visit.
- 奶奶住进养老院后，每周都有人陪她聊天。 Nǎinai zhù jìn yǎnglǎoyuàn hòu, měi zhōu dōu yǒu rén péi tā liáotiān. After Grandma moved into the nursing home, someone chats with her every week.
- 周末我们带着水果去养老院看望老人。 Zhōumò wǒmen dàizhe shuǐguǒ qù yǎnglǎoyuàn kànwàng lǎorén. On weekends we bring fruit to the nursing home to visit the elderly.
Related words
- 养 yǎng to raise; to keep
- 营养 yíngyǎng nutrition
- 疗养 liáoyǎng to recover; to rest for health
- 培养 péiyǎng to develop; to train
- 养成 yǎngchéng to form
- 保养 bǎoyǎng to maintain; to take care of
- 修养 xiūyǎng good manners; self-cultivation
- 养老 yǎnglǎo to provide for the elderly
- 抚养 fǔyǎng to raise; to bring up; to provide for
- 供养 gōngyǎng to support; to provide for
- 教养 jiàoyǎng upbringing; education; to cultivate
- 领养 lǐngyǎng to adopt