Chinese symbol for “architect”
建筑师
jiàn zhù shī
Traditional: 建築師
architect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for architect is 建筑师 (jiàn zhù shī), defined as: architect.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “architect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 设计师 (設計師) | shè jì shī | designer; architect |
| 设计者 (設計者) | shè jì zhě | designer; architect (of a project) |
| 架构师 (架構師) | jià gòu shī | (computing) architect |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 建筑师.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 建筑 (建築) | jiàn zhù | to construct; building |
| 建议 (建議) | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn)) |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct; to build |
| 建成 | jiàn chéng | to establish; to build |
| 建筑物 (建築物) | jiàn zhù wù | building; structure |
| 构筑 (構築) | gòu zhù | to build; to construct |
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
See also: Japanese symbol for “architect”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.