IDENTITY
院yuàncourtyard; institute
HSK 1Top 560
CORE MEANING
courtyard; institute
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.courtyard; instituteHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 阝mound radical (fù)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰阝完
- mound; place
- gives the sound yuàn
USAGE
Common words
医院yīyuànhospital
院子yuànzicourtyard
电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
Graded examples
这个医院很大。Zhège yīyuàn hěn dà.HSK2
This hospital is very big.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 完
LEARNING
Memory aid
A complete (完) walled place (阝) — a courtyard, an institute.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #560
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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