How to say “garden” in Chinese
garden, park
“Garden” in Chinese is 园, yuán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
园 is read yuán. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Outside, 囗 “fence”; inside, 元 yuán hints at the sound.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “园”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 园. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我们去公园走走吧。wǒmenqùgōngyuánzǒuzoubaLet's go for a walk in the park.
- 我家后面有一个小花园wǒjiāhòumiànyǒuyígexiǎohuāyuánThere's a small garden behind my house.
- 星期天我带孩子去动物园xīngqītiānwǒdàiháiziqùdòngwùyuánOn Sunday I'm taking my kid to the zoo.
- 请问，去动物园怎么走？qǐngwèn,qùdòngwùyuánzěnmezǒuExcuse me, how do I get to the zoo?
- 我想去动物园看大熊猫wǒxiǎngqùdòngwùyuánkàndàxióngmāoI want to go to the zoo to see the pandas.
- 我们的校园很漂亮wǒmendexiàoyuánhěnpiàoliangOur campus is beautiful.
More characters by topic — happiness, luck, strength, nature — on the page “Chinese characters with meanings”.
More words from the lesson “Park, zoo, library”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “garden” in Chinese?
“Garden” in Chinese is 园, pinyin yuán.
What does 园 mean?
园 (yuán) means “garden, park”.
How do you write 园?
园 is 1 character. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 园?
园 is read yuán. Tones: yuán — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“garden” in the lesson “Park, zoo, library”
This word is from the topic “City and travel” of HSK 3. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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