HSK 6 · Education

学位 xuéwèi “academic degree” in Chinese

Traditional 學位

What 学位 means

  1. academic degree
  2. place in school

How to say 学位

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale位wèi4th tone, falling

学位 in a sentence

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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 · translation adapted

How 学位 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 学 (xué) with each of its parts in a different colour
学xuéto learn
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA roof 冖 over a child 子 at study.

The character 位 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
位wèiposition
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 立stand · lì

Memory aidA person 亻 standing 立 in their place: a position, a seat.

How to write 学位

学 8 strokes · 位 7 strokes

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

Words related to 学位

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate学校xuéxiào · school学习xuéxí · to study大学dàxué · university上学shàngxué · to go to school小学xiǎoxué · elementary school中学zhōngxué · middle school大学生dàxuéshēng · university student

Words with 位

位wèi · position座位zuòwèi · seat各位gèwèi · everyone (polite address)位于wèiyú · to be located at位置wèizhi · position单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)地位dìwèi · position诸位zhūwèi · everyone方位fāngwèi · position部位bùwèi · position

More words: Education & Learning

文凭wénpíng · diploma文献wénxiàn · literature心得xīndé · insights学说xuéshuō · theory熏陶xūntáo · to nurture循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step摘要zhāiyào · summary证书zhèngshū · certificate

FAQs

学位 (xuéwèi) means “academic degree” or “place in school”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuéwèi: xué with a 2nd tone, then wèi 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, 学位 is written 學位. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuewei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 学位 from the suggestions. Typing xuewei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
学位 is an HSK 6 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.