| 1 | 院子 | 院子 | yuàn zi | yuan4 zi5 | courtyard; garden; yard; patio; Classifiers: 个 ; (old) servant | | |
| 2 | 院长 | 院長 | yuàn zhǎng | yuan4 zhang3 | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 ; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 院 | 院 | yuàn | yuan4 | courtyard; institution; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 院校 | 院校 | yuàn xiào | yuan4 xiao4 | college; academy; educational institution | | |
| 5 | 院坝 | 院壩 | yuàn bà | yuan4 ba4 | (dialect) courtyard | | |
| 6 | 院本 | 院本 | yuàn běn | yuan4 ben3 | script for opera (esp. in Yuan times) | | |
| 7 | 院落 | 院落 | yuàn luò | yuan4 luo4 | court; courtyard | | |
| 8 | 院牧 | 院牧 | yuàn mù | yuan4 mu4 | abbot (Christian) | | |
| 9 | 院士 | 院士 | yuàn shì | yuan4 shi4 | the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties; scholar; academician; fellow (of an academy) | | |
| 10 | 院线 | 院線 | yuàn xiàn | yuan4 xian4 | theater chain (abbr. for 电影院线 ) | | |