# 养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn) means “nursing home; retirement home”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: nursing home; retirement home
- Pinyin: yǎnglǎoyuàn (yang3 lao3 yuan4)
- Traditional: 養老院
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 周末我们去养老院看望老人。
  Zhōumò wǒmen qù yǎnglǎoyuàn kànwàng lǎorén.
  We went to the nursing home to visit the elderly on the weekend.

## Characters

- [养](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-raise/) (yǎng): to raise; to keep (pets)
- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- [院](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-courtyard/) (yuàn): courtyard; institution

https://hanziro.com/word/yang-lao-yuan-nursing-home/

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