siheyuan

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 四合院 (sìhéyuàn).

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siheyuan (plural siheyuans or siheyuan)

  1. A traditional type of Chinese residence consisting of four houses with a courtyard in the middle; a Chinese quadrangle.
    • [1988, Anthony Grey, Peking: A Novel of China's Revolution, 1921-1978[1], Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:
      Traditional ssu ho yuan, the former homes of courtiers, both mission dwellings consisted of clusters of single-storied, gray-tiled pavilions built around shady courtyards adorned with rock gardens, lotus pools, and ancient fruit trees.]

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