病院

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Chinese

ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
courtyard; institution
simp. and trad.
(病院)
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Etymology

Attested since the Song dynasty. Contemporary usage is reinforced by Japanese (びょう)(いん) (byōin).

Pronunciation


Note: piô-yín - from Japanese pronunciation.
Note: biô-ín - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

病院

  1. specialized hospital
  2. (dated or dialectal, now chiefly Dungan, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Taishanese) hospital (in general)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3
いん
Grade: 3
goon kan'yōon
 病院 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

(byō, illness) +‎ (-in, institution)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びょーいん (Heiban – )
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Noun

(びょう)(いん) (byōinびやうゐん (byauwin)?

  1. a hospital (large medical facility)

Descendants

  • Chuukese: pioing
  • Jeju: 벵완 (beng'wan)
  • Korean: 병원 (byeong'won)
  • Pohnpeian: pioing
  • Hokkien: 病院

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

病院 (byeong'won) (hangeul 병원)

  1. hanja form? of 병원 (hospital)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

病院

  1. chữ Hán form of bệnh viện (hospital).