HSK 4 · Education

硕士 shuòshì “master’s degree” in Chinese

Traditional 碩士

What 硕士 means

  1. master’s degree
  2. person who has a master’s degree
  3. learned person

How to say 硕士

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale硕shuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale士shì4th tone, falling

硕士 in a sentence

  1. 他有一个数学硕士学位。

    Tā yǒu yí ge shùxué shuòshì xuéwèi.

    He has a master’s degree in maths.

    Sentence #4262361 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他得到了法律硕士学位。

    Tā dédào le fǎlǜ shuòshì xuéwèi.

    He got a master’s degree in law.

    Sentence #804605 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 下个月就要进行硕士论文答辩了。

    Xià ge yuè jiù yào jìnxíng shuòshì lùnwén dábiàn le.

    The master’s thesis defence is coming up next month.

    Sentence #3380545 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 硕士 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 硕 (shuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
硕shuòlarge; big
  • 石stone · shí
  • 页page · xié
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 硕士

硕 11 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.

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

Words related to 硕士

Words with 士

博士bóshì · doctorate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

基础jīchǔ · base教授jiàoshòu · professor教育jiàoyù · to educate普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin小说xiǎoshuō · novel学期xuéqī · term研究yánjiū · to research语法yǔfǎ · grammar

FAQs

硕士 (shuòshì) means “master’s degree” or “person who has a master’s degree”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shuòshì: shuò with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 硕士 is written 碩士. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuoshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 硕士 from the suggestions. Typing shuoshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
硕士 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.