# 住院 (zhùyuàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 住院 (zhùyuàn) means “to be hospitalized; in hospital”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be hospitalized; in hospital
- Pinyin: zhùyuàn (zhu4 yuan4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 他生病了，要住院。
  Tā shēngbìng le, yào zhùyuàn.
  He got sick and had to be hospitalized.

## Characters

- [住](https://hanziro.com/word/zhu-live/) (zhù): to live; to reside
- [院](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-courtyard/) (yuàn): courtyard; institution

https://hanziro.com/word/zhu-yuan-be-hospitalized/

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