养老院

• Pinyin: yǎng lǎo yuàn
• Desglose de hanzi: 养 = 羊 + 食 (to nourish); 老 = pictographic (bent elderly figure with staff); 院 = 阝(mound/enclosure) + 完 (complete — a fully enclosed compound, then an institutional building)

Significado

residencia de mayores; centro geriátrico

A growing sector in China due to rapid population ageing. Ranges from basic government-run facilities to premium private care residences. The decision to place a parent in a nursing home can carry significant social and cultural weight, given traditional Confucian expectations of filial piety (孝道) — family care is still the norm for most households.

Ejemplos

1. 她的父亲患有阿尔茨海默病，家人在多方权衡之后，决定将他送入一家设施齐全、专业护理水平较高的养老院。
2. 随着空巢老人数量持续增加，社会对高质量养老院的需求日益旺盛，相关行业的投资和建设规模也在快速扩大。
3. 这家养老院每逢节假日都会邀请附近学校的学生前来表演文艺节目，为老人们带来欢乐和陪伴，深受老人们的喜爱。

Guía de uso

Contexto: social welfare, healthcare, demographics, family

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 政府近年来大力推进养老院建设，出台了一系列扶持政策，鼓励社会资本进入养老服务行业，以满足快速增长的老龄化人口的照护需求。(In recent years the government has vigorously promoted the construction of nursing homes and introduced a series of supportive policies to encourage private capital to enter the elderly care sector, in order to meet the care needs of the rapidly growing ageing population.)
• 她每个周末都会去养老院探望独居多年的外祖母，陪老人聊聊天、散散步，尽力让老人感受到家人的温暖与关怀。(Every weekend she visits her grandmother, who has lived alone for many years, at the nursing home — chatting with her and going for walks, doing her best to make the old woman feel the warmth and care of family.)

Incorrecto

• 老人家 — 老人家 is a respectful term of address for an elderly person, not a place; for the facility itself always use 养老院 or 敬老院 (literally 'respect-the-elderly institution,' a slightly more formal variant)

Origen e historia

养老 (care for the elderly) + 院 (courtyard/institution — 阝mound + 完 complete, enclosure — a walled compound; extended to institutional buildings)

Contexto cultural

Época: Modern

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal