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Chinese symbol for “sanatorium”

疗养院
liáo yǎng yuàn
Traditional: 療養院
sanatorium

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sanatorium is 疗养院 (liáo yǎng yuàn), defined as: sanatorium.

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Characters and stroke order

疗 liáo
cured, healed; to recover
radical 104 ⽧ · 7 strokes
养 yǎng
to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
radical 12 ⼋ · 9 strokes
院 yuàn
court, yard, courtyard; school
radical 170 ⾩ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疗养院.

WordPinyinMeaning
医疗 (醫療)yī liáomedical treatment
治疗 (治療)zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
疗法 (療法)liáo fǎtherapy; treatment
化疗 (化療)huà liáochemotherapy
疗效 (療效)liáo xiàohealing efficacy; healing effect
诊疗 (診療)zhěn liáodiagnosis and treatment
培养 (培養)péi yǎngto cultivate; to breed
营养 (營養)yíng yǎngnutrition; nourishment
医院 (醫院)yī yuànhospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)

See also: Japanese symbol for “sanatorium”.

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.