病院

病院

Chinese

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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 病 (びょう)院 (いん) (byōin, “hospital”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bìngyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): бинйүан (binjyan, III-I) / бинйүан (binjyan, 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): bin hhyoe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bìngyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqyuann
    • IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: бинйүан (binjyan, III-I) / бинйүан (binjyan, III-0)
    • IPA ^(key): /pĩ⁴⁴ ʝyæ̃²⁴/, /pĩ⁴⁴ ʝyæ̃⁰/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: beng⁶ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: behng yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ yun²
    • 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>
    • 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
    • IPA: /pʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯an⁵⁵/, /pi̯o²⁴ (j)in³¹/

Note: piô-yín - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bêng-iêng
    • 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): /pẽ³³⁻²¹ 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
  • (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: bin hhyoe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻ɪɲ²² ɦyø⁴⁴/

Noun

病院

1. (rare or dialectal, chiefly Dungan, Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) hospital

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醫院 (“hospital”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醫院
Mandarin	Beijing	醫院
	Taiwan	醫院
Cantonese	Guangzhou	醫院
	Hong Kong	醫院
	Taishan	病院, 醫院
	Kuala Lumpur	醫生樓
Gan	Nanchang	醫院
Hakka	Meixian	醫院
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	病院, 醫院
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	病院, 醫院
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	病院, 醫院
	Dongshi (Dabu)	病院, 醫院
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	病院, 醫院
	Yunlin (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
	Kaohsiung	病院, 醫生館
	Tainan	病院, 醫生館
	Taichung	病院, 醫生館
	Hsinchu	病院
	Lukang	病院, 醫生館
	Sanxia	病院, 醫生館
	Yilan	病院, 醫生館
	Kinmen	醫院
	Magong	醫生館, 病院
	Penang	醫生館, 老君厝
	Singapore	老君厝
	Philippines (Manila)	病厝, 醫院
	Chaozhou	醫院
Wu	Shanghai	醫院

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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

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

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Noun

病院 (hiragana びょういん, rōmaji byōin, historical hiragana びやうゐん)

1. a hospital (large medical facility)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 病院
• → Korean: 병원 (byeong-won)
• → Vietnamese: bệnh viện

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Korean

Hanja in this term
病	院

Noun

病院 • (byeong-won) (hangeul 병원)

1. Hanja form^? of 병원 (“hospital”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
病	院

Noun

病院

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