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住院

zhù yuàn

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

住院 (zhù yuàn) means "to be in the hospital, to be admitted". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 住院 means

1. to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized

The characters in 住院

• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 院yuàncourtyard; institution

Example sentences

• 汤姆还在住院。
  Tom is still hospitalized.
• 我必须住院吗?
  Do I have to be hospitalized?
• 她已经住院一个月了。
  Tā yǐjīng zhùyuàn yī gè yuè le.
  She's been in the hospital for a month.
• 汤姆已经住院一个月了。
  Tāngmǔ yǐjīng zhùyuàn yī gè yuè le.
  Tom has been in the hospital for a month.
• 我已经告诉了汤姆玛丽住院了。
  I've already told Tom that Mary is in the hospital.
• 汤姆在我住院时帮我照顾了孩子。
  Tom took care of my kids when I was in the hospital.

Words starting with 住院

• 住院部zhù yuàn bùinpatient department
• 住院医师zhù yuàn yī shīresident physician

Sounds the same

Read zhù yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 祝愿to wish

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