设计院

設計院

shèjìyuàn

noun #87,715

Measure Word

一家设计院 jiā

Meanings

1 design institute
2 engineering design firm

Characters

plan; calculate

institute; institution

Examples

这座大楼是省设计院设计的。

Zhè zuò dàlóu shì shěng shèjìyuàn shèjì de.

This building was designed by the provincial design institute.

她毕业后进了建筑设计院。

Tā bìyè hòu jìn le jiànzhù shèjìyuàn.

After graduating she joined an architectural design institute.

Tips

culture

Planned-economy legacy: state-owned 设计院 (architecture, engineering, industry, etc.) do the work a Western architecture firm would. Many were partially privatized in the 2000s but the name stuck. The biggest — 中国建筑设计院 (CAG) and 华东建筑设计院 — are industry giants.

Stroke Order

设 shè

计 jì

院 yuàn