Example sentences
yī医yuàn院zài在nǎ哪ér儿？
Where is the hospital?
tā他qù去yī医yuàn院le了。
He went to the hospital.
The story behind the character
医
The traditional 醫 is a container holding 矢 (an arrow) and 酉 (wine). The ancients treated wounds with an arrow for surgery (lancing, bleeding) and wine for disinfection. So the earliest doctor's toolkit was one arrow and one jug of wine.