土木工程

tǔmù gōngchéng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 civil engineering

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒ gēge dàxué xué de shì tǔmù gōngchéng.
My older brother studied civil engineering at university.
HSK 7-9
Tǔmù gōngchéng bāokuò dàolù, qiáoliáng, suìdào hé fángwū de shèjì yǔ jiànzào.
Civil engineering covers the design and construction of roads, bridges, tunnels and buildings.

Tips

culture
土木 is earth and wood, the two oldest building materials, so 大兴土木 means to start large building works. 土木工程 is one of the classic engineering majors in Chinese universities, known for long hours on building sites; students often just call it 土木.

Stroke Order

土 tǔ
木 mù
工 gōng
程 chéng