住院

Character by character

• 住zhù7 strokesHSK 1reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop
• 院yuàn9 strokesHSK 1courtyard, yard, court; school

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 住院. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 住zhùHSK 1

  to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

• 医院yī yuànHSK 1

  hospital

• 抓住zhuā zhùHSK 3

  to grab hold of; to capture

• 记住jì zhuHSK 1

  to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart

• 学院xué yuànHSK 1

  college; educational institute; school; faculty

• 法院fǎ yuànHSK 4

  court of law; court

• 院yuànHSK 2

  courtyard; institution

• 居住jū zhùHSK 4

  to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in

• 忍不住rěn bu zhùHSK 5

  cannot help; unable to bear

• 住宅zhù zháiHSK 6

  residence; dwelling; abode

• 院长yuàn zhǎngHSK 2

  the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China

• 国务院guó wù yuàn

  State Council (PRC); State Department (USA)

• 院子yuàn ziHSK 2

  courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant

• 剧院jù yuànHSK 7

  theater

• 住房zhù fángHSK 2

  housing

• 出院chū yuànHSK 2

  to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital

• 电影院diàn yǐng yuànHSK 1

  cinema; movie theater

• 住处zhù chùHSK 7

  residence; dwelling

• 住宿zhù sùHSK 7

  to stay at; lodging; accommodation

• 住户zhù hùHSK 7

  household; inhabitant; householder

• 站住zhàn zhùHSK 2

  to stand

• 住址zhù zhǐHSK 7

  address

• 禁不住jīn bu zhùHSK 7

  can't help it; can't bear it

• 养老院yǎng lǎo yuànHSK 7

  nursing home