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yuàn
HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. courtyard
  2. 2. institution

Example Sentences

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我剛從醫 趕來。
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Words Containing 院

大杂院
dà zá yuàn

compound with many families living together

住院部
zhù yuàn bù

inpatient department

男修道院长
nán xiū dào yuàn zhǎng

abbot

商学院
shāng xué yuàn

business school

元老院
yuán lǎo yuàn

upper house

前院
qián yuàn

front courtyard

农家庭院
nóng jiā tíng yuàn

farmyard

感化院
gǎn huà yuàn

reformatory

国务院港澳事务办公室
guó wù yuàn gǎng ào shì wù bàn gōng shì

Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council

外交学院
wài jiāo xué yuàn

China Foreign Affairs University

研究院
yán jiū yuàn

research institute

贵州财经学院
guì zhōu cái jīng xué yuàn

Guizhou University of Finance and Economics

北京广播学院
běi jīng guǎng bō xué yuàn

Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中國傳媒大學|中国传媒大学[zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué]

欧洲法院
ōu zhōu fǎ yuàn

European Court of Justice

中央戏剧学院
zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn

Central Academy of Drama

病院
bìng yuàn

specialized hospital

岳麓书院
yuè lù shū yuàn

Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy

住院治疗
zhù yuàn zhì liáo

to receive hospital treatment

行政院
xíng zhèng yuàn

Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

东华三院
dōng huá sān yuàn

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)

寺院
sì yuàn

cloister

副院长
fù yuàn zhǎng

deputy chair of board

麻省理工学院
má shěng lǐ gōng xué yuàn

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

法学院
fǎ xué yuàn

law school

福利院
fú lì yuàn

welfare agency

五院
wǔ yuàn

the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[xíng zhèng yuàn] Executive Yuan, 立法院[lì fǎ yuàn] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[sī fǎ yuàn] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[kǎo shì yuàn] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[jiān chá yuàn] Control Yuan

最高人民检察院
zuì gāo rén mín jiǎn chá yuàn

PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)

庭院
tíng yuàn

courtyard

老人院
lǎo rén yuàn

nursing home

上诉法院
shàng sù fǎ yuàn

appeals court

故宫博物院
gù gōng bó wù yuàn

Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing

刑事法院
xíng shì fǎ yuàn

criminal court

出院
chū yuàn

to leave hospital

议院
yì yuàn

parliament

里院
lǐ yuàn

inner courtyard (in a courtyard house)

伦敦大学亚非学院
lún dūn dà xué yà fēi xué yuàn

London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

住院医师
zhù yuàn yī shī

resident physician

法院
fǎ yuàn

court of law

院校
yuàn xiào

college

桂林医学院
guì lín yī xué yuàn

Guilin Medical University

中国工程院
zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn

Chinese Academy of Engineering

高职院校
gāo zhí yuàn xiào

professional school

院牧
yuàn mù

abbot (Christian)

疗养院
liáo yǎng yuàn

sanatorium

道院
dào yuàn

Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)

保育院
bǎo yù yuàn

orphanage

最高法院
zuì gāo fǎ yuàn

supreme court

北京舞蹈学院
běi jīng wǔ dǎo xué yuàn

Beijing Dance Academy

中国社会科学院
zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

院士
yuàn shì

scholar

美容院
měi róng yuàn

beauty salon; beauty parlor

单院制
dān yuàn zhì

unicameralism

歌剧院
gē jù yuàn

opera house

加州理工学院
jiā zhōu lǐ gōng xué yuàn

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

入院
rù yuàn

to enter hospital

高院
gāo yuàn

high court

美国最高法院
měi guó zuì gāo fǎ yuàn

Supreme Court of the United States

艺术学院
yì shù xué yuàn

art institute

专科院校
zhuān kē yuàn xiào

academy

国务院台湾事务办公室
guó wù yuàn tái wān shì wù bàn gōng shì

Taiwan Affairs Office

国务院
guó wù yuàn

State Council (PRC)

曼荷莲学院
màn hé lián xué yuàn

Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts)

四合院
sì hé yuàn

courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)

三合院
sān hé yuàn

residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides

戏院
xì yuàn

theater

地方法院
dì fāng fǎ yuàn

county court

修院
xiū yuàn

seminary (Christian college)

神学院
shén xué yuàn

seminary

上海戏剧学院
shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn

Shanghai Theatrical Institute

人民法院
rén mín fǎ yuàn

people's court (of law)

理容院
lǐ róng yuàn

hairdresser and beauty parlor

安徽建筑工业学院
ān huī jiàn zhù gōng yè xué yuàn

Anhui University of Architecture

北京电影学院
běi jīng diàn yǐng xué yuàn

Beijing Film Academy

正仓院
zhēng cāng yuàn

Shōsō-in, a timber structure in Nara, Japan, built to house hundreds of artifacts bequeathed to the Tōdai-ji temple by the Japanese emperor Shōmu, who died in 756

宅院
zhái yuàn

house

湛江师范学院
zhàn jiāng shī fàn xué yuàn

Zhanjiang Normal University

国务院国有资产监督管理委员会
guó wù yuàn guó yǒu zī chǎn jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of State Council (SASAC)

通讯院士
tōng xùn yuàn shì

corresponding member (of an academy)

学会院士
xué huì yuàn shì

academician

院试
yuàn shì

the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties

音乐学院
yīn yuè xué yuàn

music academy

钢铁学院
gāng tiě xué yuàn

Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大學|北京科技大学[běi jīng kē jì dà xué], University of Science and Technology Beijing)

帝国理工学院
dì guó lǐ gōng xué yuàn

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London

安徽工程科技学院
ān huī gōng chéng kē jì xué yuàn

Anhui University of Technology and Science

参议院
cān yì yuàn

senate

妓院
jì yuàn

brothel

北京教育学院
běi jīng jiào yù xué yuàn

Beijing Institute of Education

国务院法制局
guó wù yuàn fǎ zhì jú

State Council Legislative Affairs Bureau (PRC)

加利福尼亚理工学院
jiā lì fú ní yà lǐ gōng xué yuàn

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

僧院
sēng yuàn

abbey

社科院
shè kē yuàn

(Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

中央研究院
zhōng yāng yán jiū yuàn

Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei

美国众议院
měi guó zhòng yì yuàn

United States House of Representatives

众议院
zhòng yì yuàn

lower house of bicameral assembly

参两院
cān liǎng yuàn

both houses of US Congress

上议院
shàng yì yuàn

Upper Chamber

场院
cháng yuàn

threshing floor

伦敦大学学院
lún dūn dà xué xué yuàn

University College, London

独院
dú yuàn

one family courtyard

宪法法院
xiàn fǎ fǎ yuàn

Constitutional Court

孔子学院
kǒng zǐ xué yuàn

Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture

北京艺术学院
běi jīng yì shù xué yuàn

Beijing Academy of Fine Arts

北京语言学院
běi jīng yǔ yán xué yuàn

Beijing Language Institute

修道院
xiū dào yuàn

monastery

贵阳医学院
guì yáng yī xué yuàn

Guiyang Medical University

院子
yuàn zi

courtyard

大院
dà yuàn

courtyard; compound

大修道院
dà xiū dào yuàn

abbey

加州技术学院
jiā zhōu jì shù xué yuàn

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

院本
yuàn běn

script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)

法院裁决
fǎ yuàn cái jué

court ruling

翰林院
hàn lín yuàn

Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911

中央音乐学院
zhōng yāng yīn yuè xué yuàn

Central Conservatory of Music

退院
tuì yuàn

to leave the hospital

商科院校
shāng kē yuàn xiào

Business school

院坝
yuàn bà

(dialect) courtyard

喜歌剧院
xǐ gē jù yuàn

musical theater

司法院
sī fǎ yuàn

Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

检察院
jiǎn chá yuàn

prosecutor's office

下议院议员
xià yì yuàn yì yuán

Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics)

广州美术学院
guǎng zhōu měi shù xué yuàn

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

参院
cān yuàn

upper chamber (of legislative assembly)

隐修院
yǐn xiū yuàn

monastery (Christian)

内院
nèi yuàn

inner courtyard (in a courtyard house)

两院制
liǎng yuàn zhì

bicameralism

中国科学院
zhōng guó kē xué yuàn

Chinese Academy of Science

医院
yī yuàn

hospital

孤儿院
gū ér yuàn

orphanage

北京第二外国语学院
běi jīng dì èr wài guó yǔ xué yuàn

Beijing International Studies University (BISU)

合院
hé yuàn

courtyard house

养老院
yǎng lǎo yuàn

nursing home

产院
chǎn yuàn

maternity hospital

大修道院长
dà xiū dào yuàn zhǎng

abbot

终审法院
zhōng shěn fǎ yuàn

Court of Final Appeal

后送医院
hòu sòng yī yuàn

evacuation hospital (military)

音乐院
yīn yuè yuàn

conservatory

达特茅斯学院
dá tè máo sī xué yuàn

Dartmouth College

剧院
jù yuàn

theater

汽车戏院
qì chē xì yuàn

drive-in theater

学院派
xué yuàn pài

academism (art)

影院
yǐng yuàn

cinema; movie theater

留院
liú yuàn

to remain in the hospital

明德学院
míng dé xué yuàn

Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont

上海音乐学院
shàng hǎi yīn yuè xué yuàn

Shanghai Conservatory of Music

跨院
kuà yuàn

lateral court (in a Chinese house)

国防语言学院
guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuàn

US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)

北京物资学院
běi jīng wù zī xué yuàn

Beijing Materials University

国立显忠院
guó lì xiǎn zhōng yuàn

Korean national memorial cemetery at Dongjak-dong, Seoul

下议院
xià yì yuàn

lower chamber (of legislative body)

女修道院
nǚ xiū dào yuàn

convent

立法院
lì fǎ yuàn

Legislative Yuan, the legislative branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

大寺院
dà sì yuàn

abbey

美国参议院
měi guó cān yì yuàn

United States Senate

后院起火
hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ

a conflict arises close to home (idiom)

电影院
diàn yǐng yuàn

cinema; movie theater

院长
yuàn zhǎng

the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuàn]

广东医学院
guǎng dōng yī xué yuàn

Guangdong Medical College

博物院
bó wù yuàn

museum

美国国务院
měi guó guó wù yuàn

US Department of State

立体电影院
lì tǐ diàn yǐng yuàn

stereoscopic cinema

外院
wài yuàn

outer courtyard

住院
zhù yuàn

to be in hospital

院落
yuàn luò

courtyard

苏黎世联邦理工学院
sū lí shì lián bāng lǐ gōng xué yuàn

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university

精神病医院
jīng shén bìng yī yuàn

psychiatric hospital

理发院
lǐ fà yuàn

barbershop

工学院
gōng xué yuàn

school of engineering

学院
xué yuàn

college

巴黎圣母院
bā lí shèng mǔ yuàn

Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)

敬老院
jìng lǎo yuàn

home of respect for aged

监察院
jiān chá yuàn

Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

最高人民法院
zuì gāo rén mín fǎ yuàn

Supreme People's Court (PRC)

国际法院
guó jì fǎ yuàn

International Court of Justice

影剧院
yǐng jù yuàn

cinema

军医院
jūn yī yuàn

military hospital

育幼院
yù yòu yuàn

orphanage

转院
zhuǎn yuàn

to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital

两院
liǎng yuàn

two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate

下院
xià yuàn

lower house (of parliament)

广东药学院
guǎng dōng yào xué yuàn

Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

安徽中医学院
ān huī zhōng yī xué yuàn

Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

后院
hòu yuàn

rear court

科学院
kē xué yuàn

academy of sciences

曼荷莲女子学院
màn hé lián nǚ zǐ xué yuàn

see 曼荷蓮學院|曼荷莲学院[màn hé lián xué yuàn]

海事法院
hǎi shì fǎ yuàn

maritime court

高等法院
gāo děng fǎ yuàn

High Court

管理学院
guǎn lǐ xué yuàn

school of management

医学院
yī xué yuàn

medical school

重庆科技学院
chóng qìng kē jì xué yuàn

Chongqing Science and Technology University

考试院
kǎo shì yuàn

Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

露天大戏院
lù tiān dà xì yuàn

open-air amphitheater

研究生院
yán jiū shēng yuàn

graduate school

烟花行院
yān huā xíng yuàn

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

国际关系学院
guó jì guān xì xué yuàn

University of International Relations, Beijing, established in 1949

政府大学院
zhèng fǔ dà xué yuàn

the name of Academia Sinica 中央研究院[zhōng yāng yán jiū yuàn] when it was founded

禅院
chán yuàn

Buddhist hall

书院
shū yuàn

academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)

韩山师范学院
hán shān shī fàn xué yuàn

Hanshan Normal University, Shantou, Guangdong

枢密院
shū mì yuàn

privy council

广东科学技术职业学院
guǎng dōng kē xué jì shù zhí yè xué yuàn

Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology

上海大剧院
shàng hǎi dà jù yuàn

Shanghai Grand Theater

国务院新闻办公室
guó wù yuàn xīn wén bàn gōng shì

State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China

歌剧院魅影
gē jù yuàn mèi yǐng

The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

地区法院
dì qū fǎ yuàn

regional court

师范学院
shī fàn xué yuàn

teacher's college