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Yuan Zi - Daily Mandarin Lesson

"Courtyard" in Mandarin Chinese

By Qiu Gui Su, About.com

Yuan Zi

Meaning

courtyard

Pronunciation

Tone marks: ►yuàn zi
Tone numbers: yuan4 zi

Chinese Characters

Traditional: 院子
Simplified: 院子

First Character: 院 (yuàn) – courtyard; institution
Second Character: 子 (zi) – 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; 1st earthly branch; child; midnight; son; child; seed; egg; small thing

Examples of Yuàn Zi

Audio files are marked with ►

Zhè dòng fángzi yǒu hěndà de yuànzi.
這棟房子有很大的院子。
这栋房子有很大的院子。
This house has a very big courtyard.

Yuànzi lǐ zhòng le hěnduō huā.
院子裡種了很多花。
院子里种了很多花。
Many flowers were planted in the courtyard.

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