医院
yī yuàn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 醫院
A hospital, where the sick are treated. 去医院 is 'to go to the hospital', 在医院 'in hospital', and 住院 'to be admitted as a patient'. The measure word is 家: 一家医院 'a hospital'. A doctor is 医生.
Bệnh viện, nơi khám và chữa bệnh. 去医院 là đi bệnh viện, 在医院 là ở bệnh viện, 住院 là nằm viện. Lượng từ là 家: 一家医院 (một bệnh viện). Bác sĩ là 医生.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “y viện” (y-vien). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “医院” mean?
A hospital, where the sick are treated. 去医院 is 'to go to the hospital', 在医院 'in hospital', and 住院 'to be admitted as a patient'. The measure word is 家: 一家医院 'a hospital'. A doctor is 医生. Literally: medical institution
Is “医院” formal or informal?
医院 is generally neutral.