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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 博士

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
博士 bó shì - doctor (as an academic degree)
- (old) person specialized in a skill or trade
- (old) court academician

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 5 661 4,190 6,121

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (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[bo2shi4])
- (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2ke4])
- old variant of 博[bo2]
shì- surname Shi
shì- member of the senior ministerial class (old)
- scholar (old)
- bachelor
- honorific
- soldier
- noncommissioned officer
- specialist worker

Other Words Containing 博士

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
博士 4 5 661 4,190 6,121
博士生 - - 50,022 12,152 27,818
博士后 - - 63,128 19,702 28,283