理工

lǐgōng

noun #44,702

Meanings

1 science and engineering
2 science and technology

Characters

natural science

Examples

HSK 1

他是学理工的。

Tā shì xué lǐgōng de.

He studied science and engineering.

HSK 5

这所大学以理工见长，计算机专业尤其有名。

Zhè suǒ dàxué yǐ lǐgōng jiàncháng, jìsuànjī zhuānyè yóuqí yǒumíng.

This university is strong in science and engineering, and its computer science program is especially famous.

Tips

usage

理工 joins 理科 'the sciences' and 工科 'engineering' and usually comes before another word: 理工科 'STEM subjects', 理工男 'an engineering guy', a joke about logical, awkward men. In university names it means 'Institute of Technology': 麻省理工学院 'MIT', 加州理工学院 'Caltech'.

Stroke Order

理 lǐ

工 gōng