医院yī yuànhospital
医院 (yī yuàn) means "hospital." It appears in 他在医院工作。 (He works at a hospital.) and 妈妈生病了,我们去医院。 (Mom is sick, so we are going to the hospital.) In the dialogue, A asks where B's brother works, and B says at a hospital. Then A asks why B looks worried, and B explains about Mom.
What does 医院 mean?
- 1.
hospitalnoun
What do the characters in 医院 mean?
- 医medical
- 院institution
How do you use 医院?
See it in 在医院工作 and 去医院
What are some examples of 医院 in a sentence?
How is 医院 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你哥哥在哪儿工作?
Nǐ gēge zài nǎr gōngzuò?
Where does your older brother work?
- Speaker B:
他在医院工作。
Tā zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.
He works at a hospital.
- Speaker A:
你今天怎么了?
Nǐ jīntiān zěnme le?
What's wrong with you today?
- Speaker B:
妈妈生病了,我们去医院。
Māma shēngbìng le, wǒmen qù yīyuàn.
Mom is sick, so we are going to the hospital.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.