HSK 4 · Education

博士 bóshì “doctorate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 博士 means

  1. doctorate
  2. PhD
  3. Dr (academic title)
  4. doctor (as an academic degree)

How to say 博士

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale博bó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale士shì4th tone, falling

博士 in a sentence

  1. 她取得了博士学位。

    Tā qǔdé le bóshì xuéwèi.

    She received a doctorate.

    Sentence #472115 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 汤川博士在科学研究上起了很重要的作用。

    Tāngchuān bóshì zài kēxué yánjiū shàng qǐ le hěn zhòngyào de zuòyòng.

    Dr Yukawa played an important role in scientific research.

    Sentence #390446 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我可以把你介绍给强森博士吗？

    Wǒ kěyǐ bǎ nǐ jièshào gěi Qiángsēn bóshì ma?

    May I introduce you to Dr Johnson?

    Sentence #894362 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 博士 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 博 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
博bóabundant; plentiful; extensive; wide
  • 十ten · shíMeaning part
  • 尃to announce · fūSound part

十 hints at the meaning (ten); 尃 (fū) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

The character 士 (shì) drawn as one shape
士shìmember of the senior ministerial class

士 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 博士

博 12 strokes · 士 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

博士 (bóshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 博士 (bóshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 博士

Words with 博

博物馆bówùguǎn · museum赌博dǔbó · to gamble博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)

Words with 士

硕士shuòshì · master’s degree护士hùshi · nurse女士nǚshì · lady士兵shìbīng · soldier人士rénshì · public figure绅士shēnshì · gentleman

More words: School, Work & Culture

音乐yīnyuè · music游戏yóuxì · game作业zuòyè · school assignment毕业bìyè · graduation词语cíyǔ · words and expressions错误cuòwù · mistaken基础jīchǔ · base教授jiàoshòu · professor

FAQs

博士 (bóshì) means “doctorate” or “PhD”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bóshì: bó with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 博士 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type boshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 博士 from the suggestions. Typing boshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
博士 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.