Chinese symbol for “postdoc”
博士后
bó shì hòu
Traditional: 博士後
postdoc; postdoctoral fellow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for postdoc is 博士后 (bó shì hòu), defined as: postdoc; postdoctoral fellow.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “postdoc”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博后 (博後) | bó hòu | postdoc; postdoctoral fellow (abbr. for 博士后 (bó shì hòu)) |
| 超博士 | chāo bó shì | (Tw) postdoc; postdoctoral fellow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 博士后.
| 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) |
| 最后 (最後) | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end |
See also: Japanese symbol for “postdoc”.
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.