养老院 yǎnglǎoyuàn nursing home
How to remember 养老院: 养 to raise + 老 old + 院 institute = nursing home.
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How it is used
- A nursing home / retirement home - 把老人送到养老院 (bǎ lǎorén sòng dào yǎnglǎoyuàn) put an elderly parent in a nursing home.
- Literally 'raise-elderly institution'; the standard word for a care facility for seniors.
Example sentences
- 我们今天得去养老院唱歌。 Wǒmen jīntiān děi qù yǎnglǎoyuàn chànggē.We have to sing at an old folks home today.