Definition
园子 is a colloquial term for a garden or a plot of land for growing vegetables or fruits. It also refers to a traditional Chinese theater venue (戏园子), a place where opera or plays were performed in old Beijing. The word is less formal than 花园 or 剧院.
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(place) garden or vegetable plot(place) traditional Chinese theater venue (e.g., 戏园子)
Examples
- 园子，。Wǒ nǎinai zài chéng wài yǒu yí gè xiǎo yuán zǐ, zhòng le shūcài hé huā.My grandma has a small garden outside the city, where she grows vegetables and flowers.
- 园子。Yǐqián Běijīng de yuán zǐ zi lǐ tiāntiān yǒu jīngjù yǎnchū.In the past, there were Beijing opera performances every day in the theaters of Beijing.
- 园子。Nà ge yuán zǐ zi yǐjīng yǒu yì bǎi duō nián le.That theater is already over a hundred years old.
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