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院子

yuàn zi

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

院子 (yuàn zi) means "courtyard; garden; yard". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 院子 means

1. courtyard
2. garden
3. yard
4. patio
5. oldservant

The characters in 院子

• 院yuàncourtyard; institution
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 他在院子里等我。
  Tā zài yuànzi lǐ děng wǒ.
  He is waiting for me in the yard.
• 窗户俯瞰着院子。
  Chuānghu fǔkàn zhe yuànzi.
  The window overlooks the courtyard.
• 院子里有三棵树。
  There are three trees in the yard.
• 院子里的是狗屋。
  There's a doghouse in the yard.
• 院子里有很多花吗？
  Yuànzi lǐ yǒu hěn duō huā ma?
  Are there many flowers in the garden?
• 海伦正在院子里玩。
  Helen is playing in the yard.

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