院士

Mandarin · pinyin yuàn shì

Meanings

  1. member of a national academy
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院
yuàn · courtyard, yard, court; school
士
shì · scholar, gentleman; soldier
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4–4 · yuan4 shi4

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jyun2 si6

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noun

  1. (countable) academician; scholar; fellow (of an academy, college, etc.) (Classifier: 位 m)

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