粵

院jyun2士si6

jyun2 si6yuàn shì

English

  1. member of a national academy
  2. academician; fellow (in academia)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 專科學院或者學術機構嘅榮譽會員,通常係該領域嘅權威,一般都係終身制(量詞:個/位)

Examples

  • 科學院院士

    academician of the science academy

  • 程先生而家係法蘭西學術院嘅院士,但係佢初初嚟到法國嘅時候一句法文都唔識講。

    Mr Cheng, who is now a member of the Académie, didn't speak a word of French when he first arrived in France.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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