院子 yuànzi courtyard
courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant
How to remember 院子: 院 institute + 子 child = courtyard.
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How it is used
- A courtyard or yard, especially associated with traditional houses like 四合院.
- 大院子 (a big yard), 在院子里种花 (grow flowers in the yard) - common in describing houses, especially outside big cities.
- Everyday, concrete noun, used in both spoken and written descriptions of homes.
Example sentences
- 院子里的是狗屋。 Yuànzi lǐ de shì gǒu wū.There's a doghouse in the yard.
- 我在我的院子里种了棵桃树。 Wǒ zài wǒ de yuànzi lǐ zhòng le kē táoshù.I planted a peach tree in my yard.
- 能在日本找到这样的大的院子实属罕见。 Néng zài rìběn zhǎodào zhèyàng de dà de yuànzi shíshǔ hǎnjiàn.It's rare to find big yards in Japan.