bó shì xué wèidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
doctoral degree / PhD
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Original source entry:

博士學位 博士学位 [bo2 shi4 xue2 wei4] /doctoral degree; PhD/

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Other forms in these source records: 博士學位

  • 博
    bó

    (bound form) abundant / plentiful / extensive / wide / to win / to gain / to play / to gamble / learned / well-read / (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bó shì]) / (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bó kè])

  • 士
    shì

    member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker

    Shì

    surname Shi

  • 学
    xué

    to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

  • 位
    wèi

    position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential

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