中央研究院

Traditional form:

中央研究院

Pinyin (reading):

Zhōngyāng Yánjiūyuàn

Definitions:

• Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei

Characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 央 - central; to beg; to run out
• 研 - to grind, to rub; to study, to research
• 究 - to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
• 院 - court, yard, courtyard; school

Traditional characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 央 - central; to beg; to run out
• 研 - to grind, to rub; to study, to research
• 究 - to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
• 院 - court, yard, courtyard; school