Chinese symbol for “phd”
博士学位
bó shì xué wèi
Traditional: 博士學位
doctoral degree; PhD
The closest CC-CEDICT match for phd is 博士学位 (bó shì xué wèi), defined as: doctoral degree; PhD.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “phd”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 博士学位.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade |
| 博物馆 (博物館) | bó wù guǎn | museum |
| 博客 | bó kè | (loanword) a blog; a blogger |
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 赌博 (賭博) | dǔ bó | to gamble |
| 博览会 (博覽會) | bó lǎn huì | an exposition; an international fair |
| 人士 | rén shì | person; figure |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “phd”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.