学院

xué yuàn

HSK 1Noun (名)

Basic Meaning

Typically refers to universities focused on a single art or professional field, like 音乐学院 or 医学院.

institution of higher education specializing in a specific discipline.

以实施某一学科教育为主的高等学校。如舞蹈学院、医学院等。

Words:

艺术学院音乐学院医学院

Sentences:

她(tā)从(cóng)小(xiǎo)学(xué)习(xí)音(yīn)乐(yuè)，梦(mèng)想(xiǎng)是(shì)考(kǎo)入(rù)中(zhōng)央(yāng)音(yīn)乐(yuè)学(xué)院(yuàn)。
She has studied music since childhood and dreams of being admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music.
他(tā)高(gāo)中(zhōng)毕(bì)业(yè)后(hòu)，报(bào)考(kǎo)了(le)一(yī)所(suǒ)知(zhī)名(míng)的(de)艺(yì)术(shù)学(xué)院(yuàn)。
After graduating from high school, he applied to a well-known arts college.

A division of a comprehensive university, e.g., 文学院 or 理学院, situated between the university level and individual departments.

college; faculty (an academic unit within a university).

大学中介于大学和系之间的教学行政单位，如文学院、理学院等。

Words:

文学院理学院

Sentences:

他(tā)是(shì)文(wén)学(xué)院(yuàn)中(zhōng)文(wén)系(xì)的(de)一(yī)名(míng)研(yán)究(jiū)生(shēng)。
He is a graduate student in the Chinese Department of the College of Arts.
学(xué)校(xiào)的(de)理(lǐ)学(xué)院(yuàn)新(xīn)盖(gài)了(le)一(yī)座(zuò)实(shí)验(yàn)大(dà)楼(lóu)。
The university's College of Science has built a new laboratory building.

Refers to a standalone institution of higher education offering diverse majors, frequently named after a place, like 黄山学院.

independent college (often comprehensive, named after a location).

单独设立又包含多种专业的高等学校，多以地名命名，如黄山学院、南京晓庄学院。

Words:

黄山学院南京晓庄学院

Sentences:

南(nán)京(jīng)晓(xiǎo)庄(zhuāng)学(xué)院(yuàn)是(shì)一(yī)所(suǒ)包(bāo)含(hán)师(shī)范(fàn)、理(lǐ)工(gōng)、人(rén)文(wén)等(děng)多(duō)种(zhǒng)专(zhuān)业(yè)的(de)学(xué)院(yuàn)。
Nanjing Xiaozhuang University is an institution that includes various majors such as teacher training, science and engineering, and humanities.
黄(huáng)山(shān)学(xué)院(yuàn)坐(zuò)落(luò)在(zài)风(fēng)景(jǐng)优(yōu)美(měi)的(de)黄(huáng)山(shān)脚(jiǎo)下(xià)。
Huangshan College is located at the foot of the beautiful Huangshan Mountain.

learn; study

courtyard; yard