# 四合院 (sìhéyuàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 四合院 (sìhéyuàn) means “traditional courtyard house”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: traditional courtyard house
- Pinyin: sìhéyuàn (si4 he2 yuan4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这座老四合院保存得很好。
  Zhè zuò lǎo sìhéyuàn bǎocún de hěn hǎo.
  This old courtyard house is well preserved.

## Characters

- [四](https://hanziro.com/word/si-four/) (sì): four
- [合](https://hanziro.com/word/he-close/) (hé): to close; to join
- [院](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-courtyard/) (yuàn): courtyard; institution

https://hanziro.com/word/si-he-yuan-traditional-courtyard-house/

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