Chinese symbol for “hospital”
医院
yī yuàn
Traditional: 醫院
hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hospital is 医院 (yī yuàn), defined as: hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 医院.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 医生 (醫生) | yī shēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 医学 (醫學) | yī xué | medicine; medical science |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 医师 (醫師) | yī shī | doctor; physician |
| 学院 (學院) | xué yuàn | college; educational institute |
| 法院 | fǎ yuàn | court of law; court |
| 院长 (院長) | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 (yuàn); chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of Chi |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hospital”.
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.