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博士
bóshì
1. doctor
2. court academician (in feudal China)
3. Ph.D.
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown

博
bó
to gamble, to play games; to win; rich, plentiful, extensive; wide, broad
HSK 4 12 丶
士
shì
scholar, gentleman; soldier
HSK 4 3 丶

Compound Words (17)

博士茶
bóshìchá
rooibos tea
博士山
BóshìShān
Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
博士后
bóshìhòu
postdoc
超博士
chāobóshì
postdoc
三位博士
sānwèibóshì
the Magi
博士学位
bóshìxuéwèi
doctoral degree
博士买驴
bóshìmǎilǘ
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
名誉博士
míngyùbóshì
honorary doctorate
文学博士
wénxuébóshì
Doctor of Letters
荣誉博士
róngyùbóshì
honorary doctorate
法学博士
fǎxuébóshì
Doctor of Laws
医学博士
yīxuébóshì
doctor of medicine
东方三博士
DōngfāngsānBóshì
the Magi
浮士德博士
Fúshìdébóshì
Dr Faustus
荣誉博士学位
róngyùbóshìxuéwèi
honorary doctorate
哲学博士学位
zhéxuébóshìxuéwèi
PhD degree (Doctor of Philosophy)
名誉博士学位
míngyùbóshìxuéwèi
honorary doctorate

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Word Frequency Rank
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