园 yuán
“land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc”
2021 list level 6Traditional 園
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
园 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 955: 园 yuán — Level 3; official annotation 3 (名). PDF page 103
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 园
园 (yuán) is a bound noun for land used for growing plants or for public recreation. In modern Mandarin it is almost never used alone; it appears in compounds and place names such as 公园 (park), 花园 (garden), 幼儿园 (kindergarten) and 植物园 (botanical garden). It is also a surname, written the same way and read Yuán.
例句Example sentences
- 我家附近有一个很大的公园。wǒ jiā fù jìn yǒu yí gè hěn dà de gōng yuán.There is a big park near my home.
- 春天到了，花园里的花都开了。chūn tiān dào le, huā yuán lǐ de huā dōu kāi le.Spring has come and the flowers in the garden are all blooming.
- 弟弟今年开始上幼儿园了。dì di jīn nián kāi shǐ shàng yòu ér yuán le.My little brother started kindergarten this year.
易混词Easily confused
园vs圆
圆 (yuán) means "round; circle" and is used for shapes and coins; 园 has the 囗 enclosure with 元 inside and refers to gardens and grounds. Write 公园, not 公圆.
义项All meanings
- Yuán: surname Yuan
- yuán: land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc