病院

Chinese

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

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 病院 (byōin)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bìngyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бинйүан (binyüan, III-I) / бинйүан (binyüan, III-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): beng⁶ jyun^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiang-yen / piô-yín / phiang-yan
• Min Dong (BUC): bêng-iêng
• Min Nan (POJ): pēⁿ-īⁿ / pīⁿ-īⁿ / pēⁿ-ìⁿ / pīⁿ-ìⁿ / pǐⁿ-ǐⁿ / biô-ín
• Wu (Wiktionary): ³bin-hhyoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìngyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìngyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴-yüan⁴
    • Yale: bìng-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqyuann
    • Palladius: бинъюань (binʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бинйүан (binyüan, III-I) / бинйүан (binyüan, III-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁴⁴ yæ̃²⁴/, /piŋ⁴⁴ yæ̃⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: beng⁶ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: behng yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ yun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiang-yen / piô-yín
    • Hakka Romanization System: piang ien / bio´ in`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: piang<sup>4</sup> yan<sup>4</sup> / bio<sup>1</sup> yin<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵ i̯en⁵⁵/, /pi̯o²⁴ in³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiang-yan / piô-yín
    • Hakka Romanization System: piang (r)ian / bio´ (r)in`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: piang⁴ yan⁴ / bio¹ yin³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯an⁵⁵/, /pi̯o²⁴ (j)in³¹/

Note: piô-yín - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bêng-iêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋiɛŋ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pēⁿ-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pēnn-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvex'vi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan): /pẽ³³⁻²¹ ĩ³³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /pẽ³³⁻¹¹ ĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Sanxia, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīⁿ-īⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pīnn-īnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvix'vi
    • IPA (Taipei): /pĩ³³⁻¹¹ ĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pēⁿ-ìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pēnn-ìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvex'vix
  • (Hokkien: Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīⁿ-ìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pīnn-ìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvix'vix
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǐⁿ-ǐⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pǐnn-ǐnn
    • IPA (Lukang): /pĩ³³⁻²² ĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biô-ín
    • Tâi-lô: biô-ín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioi'ien
    • IPA (Taipei): /bio²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ²³⁻³³ in⁴¹/

Note: biô-ín - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³bin-hhyoe
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥ɪɲ²² ɦyø⁴⁴/

Noun

病院

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

   • 你們正爲着全國的老百姓，喊出了嘹亮的正義呼聲，受了極名譽的傷，剛從那病院裏出來 [MSC, trad.]
     你们正为着全国的老百姓，喊出了嘹亮的正义呼声，受了极名誉的伤，刚从那病院里出来 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1947, 《慰勞歌》, in 國立中山大學學生工作委員會 (chief ed.), 《血債——「五·卅一」紀念手册》, page 87

     nǐmen zhèng wèizhuó quánguó de lǎobǎixìng, hǎnchū le liáoliàng de zhèngyì hūshēng, shòu le jí míngyù de shāng, gāng cóng nà bìngyuàn lǐ chūlái [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

• (specialized hospital): 專科醫院／专科医院 (zhuānkē yīyuàn)
• (hospital):

Dialectal synonyms of 醫院 (“hospital”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醫院, 院
Mandarin	Beijing	醫院
	Taiwan	醫院
	Jinan	醫院
	Wanrong	醫院
	Xi'an	醫院
	Yinchuan	醫院
	Lanzhou	醫院
	Xining	醫院
	Guilin	醫院
	Malaysia	醫院
	Singapore	醫院
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	病院
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	病院
Cantonese	Guangzhou	醫院
	Hong Kong	醫院
	Taishan	病院, 醫院
	Taishan (Guanghai)	醫院
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	醫生樓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	醫院
	Mandalay (Taishan)	醫院
Gan	Nanchang	醫院
Hakka	Meixian	醫院
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	病院, 醫院
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	病院, 醫院
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	病院, 醫院
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	病院, 醫院
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	病院, 醫院
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	病院
	Singkawang	醫院, rumah sakit
Min Bei	Jian'ou	醫院, 醫館 dated
Min Dong	Fuzhou	醫院, 醫館 dated, 醫生館 dated
	Matsu	醫院
Min Nan	Xiamen	醫館, 醫院
	Quanzhou	醫館, 醫院
	Zhangzhou	醫館, 醫院
	Taipei	病院, 醫生館
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	病院, 醫生館
	Kaohsiung	病院, 醫生館
	Yilan	病院, 醫生館
	Changhua (Lukang)	病院, 醫生館
	Taichung	病院, 醫生館
	Tainan	病院, 醫生館
	Hsinchu	病院
	Kinmen	醫院
	Penghu (Magong)	醫生館, 病院
	Penang (Hokkien)	醫生館, 老君厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	醫館, 老君厝, 病厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	病厝, 醫院
	Medan (Hokkien)	老君厝
	Chaozhou	醫院
	Singapore (Teochew)	老君厝, 病厝間
	Batam (Teochew)	老君厝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	醫院
Wu	Shanghai	醫院

Japanese

Kanji in this term
病	院
びょう Grade: 3	いん Grade: 3
goon	kan’yōon

Etymology

病 (byō, “illness”) +‎ 院 (-in, “institution”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びょーいん [byòóíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːĩɴ]

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Noun

病(びょう)院(いん) • (byōin) ^{←びやうゐん (byawin)?}

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
病	院

Noun

病院 • (byeong'won) (hangeul 병원)

1. Hanja form^? of 병원 (“hospital”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
病	院

Noun

病院

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