Chinese edit

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

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

Pronunciation edit


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

Noun edit

病院

  1. specialized hospital (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  2. (dated or dialectal, now chiefly Dungan, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Taishanese) hospital (in general)

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

(byō, illness) +‎ (-in, institution)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(びょう)(いん) (byōinびやうゐん (byawin)?

  1. a hospital (large medical facility)

Descendants edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

病院 (byeong'won) (hangeul 병원)

  1. Hanja form? of 병원 (hospital).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

病院

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