住院

• 拼音: zhù yuàn
• 汉字拆解: 住 = 亻(person) + 主 (stay); 院 = 阝(mound) + 完 (complete)

含义

To be hospitalised; to be admitted to a hospital. To stay in a hospital for treatment.

A verb-object compound meaning 'to stay in (a) hospital.' The opposite is 出院 (to be discharged from hospital). Used when someone needs to stay overnight or longer for medical treatment, as opposed to just visiting a doctor (看病).

例句

1. 爷爷生病了，已经住院三天了。
2. 医生说他需要住院一个星期。
3. 妈妈住院的时候，爸爸每天去看她。

用法指南

语境: health, family

语气: concerned

正确说法

• 他住院了，我们去看看他吧。(He's been hospitalised — let's go visit him.)
• 住院的费用很高。(Hospital stay costs are very high.)

错误说法

• 我住院了感冒。(Don't put 住院 before the illness — say 我因为感冒住院了 or 我感冒了，需要住院.)

起源与历史

Compound of 住 (to stay/reside) and 院 (hospital/courtyard), literally 'stay in hospital.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal