院 (jyun2 jyun6 | yuan4) : courtyard; government offices; college

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院

jyun2 jyun6

yuan4

[1] courtyard; yard; compound
[2] designation for certain government offices and public places
[3] college; institution; hospital

Jyutping jyun2 has now almost completely replaced jyun6 as the standard reading so that jyun6 can hardly be heard at all nowadays (see 粵語審音配詞字庫).

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

院

This word has been viewed 14072 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Mar 2013 09:55

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劇院 kek6 jyun6*2 ju4 yuan4 = playhouse

醫院管理局 ji1 jyun2 gun2 lei5 guk6 = Hospital Authority

安老院 on1 lou5 jyun2 an1 lao3 yuan4 = home for the aged

病院 beng6 jyun2 bing4 yuan4 = specialized hospital

戲院 hei3 jyun6*2 xi4 yuan4 = theatre (UK); theater (US); cinema

醫院 ji1 jyun6*2 yi1 yuan4 = hospital

學院 hok6 jyun6*2 xue2 yuan4 = college; academy; school

電影院 din6 jing2 jyun6*2 dian4 ying3 yuan4 = theatre (UK); theater (US); cinema

立法院 lap6 faat3 jyun6*2 li4 fa3 yuan4 = Legislative Yuan

四合院 sei3 hap6 jyun6*2 si4 he2 yuan4 = siheyuan -- a type of traditional Chinese-style home
See all 122 compounds (CantoDict reports 137 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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