出院
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
出院 (chūyuàn) · to leave hospital
出院 (chūyuàn) means “to leave hospital”. It is written with 2 characters: 出 (to go out) + 院 (courtyard). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 出院 is built
The characters
出 chū · to go out
What 出 is made of
- 屮chè — sprout
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 凵qiǎn — container
Origin hint: A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 (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
爷爷明天出院。Yéye míngtiān chūyuàn.Grandpa leaves the hospital tomorrow.
你什么时候能出院？Nǐ shénme shíhou néng chūyuàn?When can you leave the hospital?
Questions about 出院
What does 出院 mean?
出院 (chūyuàn) means “to leave hospital”.
How do you pronounce 出院?
出院 is pronounced chūyuàn.
Which HSK level is 出院?
出院 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 出来chūláito come out
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 出国chūguóto go abroad
- 出口chūkǒuexit
- 出门chūménto go out
- 出生chūshēngto be born
- 出现chūxiànto appear
- 出租chūzūto rent out
- 出租车chūzūchētaxi
Learn 出院 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 73: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.