医院

yīyuàn

hospital

Type: NounsHSK 1
Character origin

医 (medicine) + 院 (courtyard, institution). The place where medicine is practised.

Did you know?

Public healthcare in China covers most of the population. Hospitals are very crowded. It's common to book ahead, and queues can be long.

Radicals it's made of
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Example sentence

我去医院。

Wǒ qù yīyuàn.

I am going to the hospital.

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