Chinese symbol for “cloister”
寺院
sì yuàn
cloister; temple; monastery; measure word: 座 (zuò)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cloister is 寺院 (sì yuàn), defined as: cloister; temple; monastery; measure word: 座 (zuò).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cloister”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 寺院.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺庙 (寺廟) | sì miào | temple; monastery |
| 清真寺 | qīng zhēn sì | mosque |
| 金山寺 | jīn shān sì | Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) |
| 阉寺 (閹寺) | yān sì | (literary) court eunuch |
| 大寺院 | dà sì yuàn | abbey; large monastery |
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 学院 (學院) | xué yuàn | college; educational institute |
| 法院 | fǎ yuàn | court of law; court |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cloister”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.