院子
yuàn​zi HSK2

courtyard

院子 yuàn​zi
courtyard noun
an open area enclosed by walls or buildings, such as a yard, garden, or patio

孩子们在院子里玩耍。

hái​zi men zài yuàn​zi lǐ wán​shuǎ.

The children are playing in the courtyard.

servant noun
an archaic term referring to a domestic servant or male attendant

他吩咐院子去把马牵过来。

tā fēn​fu yuàn​zi qù bǎ mǎ qiān guò​lái.

He ordered the attendant to bring the horse over.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
11.3 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
11.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 2

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)