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

HSK 4

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.

HSK 5

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