Chinese symbol for “patio”
院子
yuàn zi
courtyard; garden; yard; patio
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patio is 院子 (yuàn zi), defined as: courtyard; garden; yard; patio; 个 (gè); (old) servant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “patio”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 院子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 检察院 (檢察院) | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
| 院校 | yuàn xiào | college; academy |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patio”.
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.