社科院

Shèkēyuàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
2 a provincial or city academy of social sciences

Characters

society (short for 社会)

science (short for 科学)

Examples

HSK 4

她大学毕业后进了社科院工作。

Tā dàxué bìyè hòu jìn le Shèkēyuàn gōngzuò.

After graduating from university she went to work at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

HSK 4

很多省都有自己的社科院。

Hěnduō shěng dōu yǒu zìjǐ de Shèkēyuàn.

Many provinces have their own academy of social sciences.

Tips

usage

Short for 中国社会科学院, set up in 1977 from the philosophy and social science division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中科院). Provinces and big cities have academies named the same way, so 上海社科院 is the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

Stroke Order

社 shè

科 kē

院 yuàn