| 宅院 | zhái yuàn | house; house with a courtyard |
| 安徽中医学院 | Ān huī Zhōng yī Xué yuàn | Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| 安徽工程科技学院 | Ān huī Gōng chéng Kē jì Xué yuàn | Anhui University of Technology and Science |
| 安徽建筑工业学院 | Ān huī Jiàn zhù Gōng yè Xué yuàn | Anhui University of Architecture |
| 专科院校 | zhuān kē yuàn xiào | academy |
| 岳麓书院 | Yuè lù shū yuàn | Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy |
| 工学院 | gōng xué yuàn | school of engineering; college of engineering |
| 帝国理工学院 | dì guó lǐ gōng xué yuàn | Imperial College, London |
| 师范学院 | shī fàn xué yuàn | teacher's college; normal school |
| 广州美术学院 | Guǎng zhōu Měi shù xué yuàn | Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts |
广东科学技术职业
学院 | Guǎng dōng Kē xué jì shù Zhí yè Xué yuàn | Guangdong Institute of Science and Technology |
| 广东药学院 | Guǎng dōng Yào Xué yuàn | Guangdong Pharmaceutical University |
| 广东医学院 | Guǎng dōng Yī xué yuàn | Guangdong Medical College |
| 影剧院 | yǐng jù yuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 影院 | yǐng yuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 后送医院 | hòu sòng yī yuàn | evacuation hospital (military) |
| 后院起火 | hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ | a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home |
| 感化院 | gǎn huà yuàn | reformatory; reform school |
| 宪法法院 | xiàn fǎ fǎ yuàn | Constitutional Court |
| 政府大学院 | zhèng fǔ dà xué yuàn | the name of Academia Sinica 中央研究院 when it was founded |
| 故宫博物院 | Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn | Palace museum in Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace museum in Taibei |
| 敬老院 | jìng lǎo yuàn | home of respect for aged; nursing home |
| 曼荷莲女子学院 | Màn hé lián Nǚ zǐ Xué yuàn | Mount Holyoke College (Northamptom, Massachusetts) |
| 最高人民检察院 | zuì gāo rén mín jiǎn chá yuàn | PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office) |
| 最高法院 | zuì gāo fǎ yuàn | supreme court |
| 东华三院 | Dōng Huá Sān yuàn | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals |
| 桂林医学院 | Guì lín Yī Xué yuàn | Guilin Medical University |
| 检察院 | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
| 歌剧院 | gē jù yuàn | opera house |
| 歌剧院魅影 | Gē jù yuàn mèi yǐng | Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd-Weber |
| 欧洲法院 | Ōu zhōu Fǎ yuàn | European Court of Justice |
| 正仓院 | Zhēng cāng yuàn | Shōsō-in, treasure house belonging to Tōdai-ji 東大寺, Nara 奈良, Japan, an extensive repository of imperial treasures from Tang times; described as the east-most end of the Silk road |
| 汽车戏院 | qì chē xì yuàn | drive-in theater |
| 法学院 | fǎ xué yuàn | law school |
| 法院裁决 | fǎ yuàn cái jué | court ruling |
| 海事法院 | hǎi shì fǎ yuàn | maritime court |
| 湛江师范学院 | Zhàn jiāng Shī fàn Xué yuàn | Zhanjiang Normal University |
| 烟花行院 | yān huā xíng yuàn | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) |
| 独院 | dú yuàn | one family courtyard |
| 独院儿 | dú yuànr | erhua variant of 独院, one family courtyard |
| 理发院 | lǐ fà yuàn | barber's shop; hair parlor |
| 产院 | chǎn yuàn | maternity hospital |
| 男修道院长 | nán xiū dào yuàn zhǎng | abbot |
| 监察院 | jiān chá yuàn | Control yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan |
| 研究生院 | yán jiū shēng yuàn | graduate school |
| 研究院 | yán jiū yuàn | research institute; academy |
| 社科院 | Shè kē yuàn | (Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) |
| 神学院 | shén xué yuàn | seminary |
| 福利院 | fú lì yuàn | welfare agency |
| 禅院 | chán yuàn | Buddhist hall |
