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HSK 2 · Health

住院

zhù yuàn

to be in hospital

Stroke order of 住院

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

住 · 7 strokes院 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

住 is a person 亻 staying put by 主; 院 is a hill 阝 compound 完.

Parts: 住 stay + 院 hospital

The characters in 住院

  • 住 zhù — to live (somewhere) (7 strokes)
  • 院 yuàn — courtyard; institution (9 strokes)

Example sentence

他生病了，要住院。

He is sick and has to stay in hospital.

Words with 住

住to live (somewhere)记住to remember; to memorize住房housing站住to stop; halt抓住to catch hold of

Words with 院

学院college; institute医院hospital电影院cinema院长dean; director (of an institute)出院to leave hospital院courtyard; institution院子courtyard; yard

More words: Health

健康health; healthy疼to hurt; painful舒服comfortable; well难受to feel unwell; unbearable药medicine药店pharmacy药片pill; tablet药水liquid medicine西医Western medicine中医traditional Chinese medicine出院to leave hospital检查to check; to examine安全safe; safety平安safe and sound

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