WordTaiwan frequency #27,233
養老院
ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄩㄢˋ
“nursing home; home for the elderly; old age home”
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養
ㄧㄤˇ
To raise or rear animals; to bring up children; to support; to give birth; to nurse; to adopt; to cultivate or educate.
老
ㄌㄠˇ
Old; aged; experienced; venerable; of long standing; prefix for elders or familiar people; outdated; tough (food); always.
院
ㄩㄢˋ
Courtyard; institution or establishment (like a hospital or school); classifier for institutions.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 老師ㄌㄠˇ ㄕteacher; a respectful term for someone who teaches or mentors; in imperial times, a student's formal address to an examiner
- 醫院ㄧ ㄩㄢˋhospital; a medical facility for treating and caring for patients
- 老人ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊold person; the elderly; senior citizen; long-time member or veteran of a group or organization.
- 老闆ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇboss; business owner; proprietor of a company or shop
- 學院ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄩㄢˋcollege; educational institute; school; faculty; a university's academic division; a scholarly or academic body
- 法院ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋcourt of law; judicial institution that handles civil and criminal cases; in China and Taiwan, organized into levels such as supreme, high, and district courts
- 行政院ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋExecutive Yuan; the executive branch of government under the Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan); the highest administrative organ of the state.
- 培養ㄆㄟˊ ㄧㄤˇto cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom for a position; to breed; to grow microorganisms or cells in a culture medium (biology)
- 立法院ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋLegislative Yuan; the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan); the highest legislative body, composed of elected members.
- 營養ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˇnutrition; nourishment; the process by which organisms absorb and use essential nutrients from food to maintain normal physiological functions, growth, and synthesis of new body tissues.
- 老婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊwife; one's wife (informal, colloquial).
- 老公ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥhusband; eunuch (historical); old man (archaic)