住院
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
住院 (zhùyuàn) · to be in hospital
住院 (zhùyuàn) means “to be in hospital”. It is written with 2 characters: 住 (to live) + 院 (courtyard). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 住院 is built
The characters
住 zhù · to live
What 住 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 主zhǔ — to own
- 丶 — dot
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
院 yuàn · courtyard
What 院 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 完wán — finish
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 元yuán — yuan
- 二 — two strokes
- 儿ér — child
- 宀 — roof
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 完 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
奶奶住院了。Nǎinai zhùyuàn le.Grandma is in the hospital.
他要住院几天？Tā yào zhùyuàn jǐ tiān?How many days does he need to stay in hospital?
Questions about 住院
What does 住院 mean?
住院 (zhùyuàn) means “to be in hospital”.
How do you pronounce 住院?
住院 is pronounced zhùyuàn.
Which HSK level is 住院?
住院 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 记住jìzhuto remember
- 站住zhànzhùto stop
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 抓住zhuāzhùto catch hold of
- 居住jūzhùto live
- 忍不住rěnbuzhùcan't help (doing)
- 住宅zhùzháiresidence
- 入住rùzhùto check in, at a hotel
- 住zhùto live
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
Learn 住院 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.