Meaning of 学位
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- academic degree
- place in school
How to use 学位
学位 most often means an academic degree, as in 学士学位 (xuéshì xuéwèi, bachelor's degree), 硕士学位 (shuòshì xuéwèi, master's degree) and 博士学位 (bóshì xuéwèi, doctorate). It also means a place in a school, a common topic when parents talk about school enrollment. Example: 她去年拿到了硕士学位。(Tā qùnián ná dào le shuòshì xuéwèi.) She got her master's degree last year.
学 (xué) means study and 位 (wèi) means position or place. A 学位 is the place you earn through study, either the degree you hold or the seat you get in a school.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 学位 to mean a university major. A major is 专业 (zhuānyè), and 学位 is the degree itself. Also keep 位 (wèi) in the fourth tone, and do not mix it up with 学问 (xuéwen, learning or knowledge).
学位 in example sentences
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学 xué · to learn · 8 strokes
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位 wèi · position · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 学位.
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 学生 | xuéshēng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 学习 | xuéxí | to learn; to study |
| 同学 | tóngxué | to study at the same school; fellow student |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
| 学院 | xuéyuàn | college; educational institute |
| 中学 | zhōngxué | middle school |
| 放学 | fàngxué | to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 小学生 | xiǎoxuéshēng | primary school student; schoolchild |
Questions about 学位
What does 学位 mean?
学位 (xuéwèi) means "academic degree; place in school" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 学位?
学位 is made of 2 characters: 学 (8 strokes), 位 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 学位 an HSK word?
Yes. 学位 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 学位 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 学位 is written 學位.
What verb goes with 学位 when you say 'get a degree'?
Common choices are 拿到学位 (ná dào xuéwèi), 获得学位 (huòdé xuéwèi), which is more formal, and 攻读学位 (gōngdú xuéwèi), meaning to study for a degree.
What is a 学位房?
学位房 (xuéwèi fáng) is housing bought because it gives children the right to enroll in a certain school. Here 学位 means a school place, not a degree.