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四合院

sì hé yuàn

3-character word

What 四合院 means

1. courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)

The characters in 四合院

• 四sìfour; 4
• 合héto close; to join; to fit
• 院yuàncourtyard; institution

Example sentences

• 在北京，胡同是由四合院的传统居所排形成。
  Zài Běijīng, hútòng shì yóu sìhéyuàn de chuántǒng jūsuǒ pái xíngchéng.
  In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuans, the traditional courtyard residences.
• 他们的四合院要小得多，设计和装饰也比较简单，胡同也比较窄。
  Their siheyuans were far smaller in scale and simpler in design and decoration, and the hutongs were narrower.
• 因为几乎所有的四合院有南面的门和主要楼房，所以大部分的胡同是从东到西建造的。
  Yīnwèi jīhū suǒyǒu de sìhéyuàn yǒu nánmiàn de mén hé zhǔyào lóufáng, suǒyǐ dàbùfen de hútòng shì cóng dōng dào xī jiànzào de.
  Nearly all siheyuans had their main buildings and gates facing south for better lighting, so a majority of hutongs run from east to west.
• 这些高官和富商的大四合院常常有精美雕刻并粉刷的横梁和柱子，并伴有精心修剪的花园。
  Zhèxiē gāoguān hé fùshāng de dàsì héyuàn chángcháng yǒu jīngměi diāokè bìng fěnshuā de héngliáng hé zhùzi, bìng bànyǒu jīngxīn xiūjiǎn de huāyuán.
  The large siheyuans of these high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants often featured beautifully carved and painted roof beams and pillars and carefully landscaped gardens.
• 一个胡同连接另一个，四合院和其他四合院形成一个街区，而街区跟其他街区汇集成一个城市。
  Yī gè hútòng liánjiē lìngyī gè, sìhéyuàn hé qítā sìhéyuàn xíngchéng yī gè jiēqū, ér jiēqū gēn qítā jiēqū huìjí chéng yī gè chéngshì.
  One hutong connects with another, siheyuans connect with other siheyuans to form a block, and blocks join with other blocks to form the whole city.