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出院 (chū yuàn) — to be discharged from hospital, to leave hospital

Definition

出院 (chū yuàn) means to leave the hospital after recovery — the opposite of 住院 ('to be admitted/stay in hospital'). The verb 离 can be used as a general 'to leave', but 出院 is the fixed phrase for hospital discharge.

verb
to be discharged from hospitalto leave hospital

Examples

  • 。
    Tā shàng ge xīng qī jiù chū le yuàn.
    He was discharged last week.
  • 出院。
    Yī shēng shuō tā míng tiān kě yǐ chū yuàn.
    The doctor said he can be discharged tomorrow.
  • 出院。
    Tā chū yuàn hòu hái yào xiū xi jǐ tiān.
    After being discharged, she still needs to rest for a few days.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

出chūleave
院yuànhospital

出 (leave) the 院 (hospital) means to be discharged.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
完
完wán院yuàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 3Hospital & Clinic

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