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Courtyard chinese definition. Meaning pronunciation translations and examples. A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls. Courtyard definition is a court or enclosure adjacent to a building such as a house or palace. An area of flat ground outside that is partly or completely surrounded by the walls of a.
With modified chinese courtyard houses occupied by single families in the 1930s now crowded with multiple families. The traditional chinese courtyard house e g siheyuan is an arrangement of several individual houses around a square each house belongs to a different family member and additional houses are created behind this arrangement to accommodate additional family members as needed.