学院 xuéyuàn college
college; educational institute; school; faculty
How to remember 学院: 学 learn + 院 institute = college.
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- Noun for "college/institute," used both for a standalone, often specialized institution of higher education and for a faculty/school within a university: 医学院 (yīxuéyuàn) medical school, 外语学院 (wàiyǔ xuéyuàn) college of foreign languages.
- Contrast with 大学 (dàxué), a comprehensive university; 学院 often implies a narrower focus or a sub-unit of one.