学位 meaning and pronunciation

学位
Simplified word
學位
Traditional word

学位 English definition

xué wèi
  • academic degree
  • e.g.: BSc 学士学位[xue2 shi4 xue2 wei4] , MSc 硕士学位[shuo4 shi4 xue2 wei4] , Diploma 学位证书[xue2 wei4 zheng4 shu1] , PhD 博士学位[bo2 shi4 xue2 wei4]

HSK level

Characters

  • 学 (xué): to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology;
  • 位 (wèi): position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes);