# 院士 (yuànshì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 院士 (yuànshì) means “academician; fellow of a national academy”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: academician; fellow of a national academy
- Pinyin: yuànshì (yuan4 shi4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那位老教授当选为院士。
  Nà wèi lǎo jiàoshòu dāngxuǎn wéi yuànshì.
  That old professor was elected an academician.

## Characters

- [院](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-courtyard/) (yuàn): courtyard; institution
- 士 (shì): member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old)

https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-shi-academician/

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