四合院
Meaning
sìhéyuàn si4 he2 yuan4
- courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
Example sentences
- In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuans, the traditional courtyard residences.
- tāmen他们de的sìhéyuàn四合院yào要xiǎo小dé得duō多，shèjì设计hé和zhuāngshì装饰yě也bǐjiào比较jiǎndān简单，hútòng胡同yě也bǐjiào比较zhǎi窄。Their siheyuans were far smaller in scale and simpler in design and decoration, and the hutongs were narrower.
Words sharing a character
- 四处sìchùall over the place
- 四周sìzhōuall around
- 四肢sìzhīthe four limbs of the body
- 四季sìjìfour seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
- 四面八方sìmiànbāfāngin all directions
- 丢三落四diūsānlàsìforgetful
- 朝三暮四zhāosānmùsìlit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
- 合作hézuòto cooperate
- 适合shìhéto fit; to suit
- 合同hétong(business) contract