病院

• 読み: びょういん
• ローマ字: byouin
• 漢字の分解: 病 (byou/yamai) — illness; 院 (in) — institution, building
• 発音: /bʲoː.iɴ/

意味

Hospital; clinic; doctor's office. A place where medical treatment is provided.

In Japan, 病院 technically refers to larger medical facilities with 20 or more beds, while smaller clinics are called 医院 or クリニック. However, in everyday conversation, 病院 is used broadly for any medical facility. Common expressions: 病院に行く (to go to the hospital/doctor) and 病院で働く (to work at a hospital).

例文

1. 熱が高いので病院に行きます。
2. 母は病院で看護師として働いています。
3. 近くにいい病院はありますか。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, directions, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 病 (byou, illness) and 院 (in, institution/building). Together they mean 'institution for illness,' i.e. a place where the sick are treated.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal