yuàn
ér

common
noun

Meaning of 杂院儿

杂院儿 means a residential courtyard shared by multiple households; crowded tenement compound. Pronounced zá yuàn ér.

  • a residential courtyard shared by multiple households; crowded tenement compound

Definitions & Examples

men
jiā
zhù
zài
xiǎo
yuàn
ér
 

Their family lives in a small shared compound.

Zhè
yuàn
ér
zhù
le
shí
rén
jiā
 

More than ten families live in this big crowded courtyard.

Lǎo
Běi
jīng
de
yuàn
ér
chéng
zài
zhe
dài
rén
de
 

The old Beijing compounds carry the memories of several generations.

yuàn
ér
de
lín
men
guān
xi
dōu
bié
hǎo
 

The neighbors in the compound have especially good relationships with each other.

Measure Words

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