Chinese edit

 
extensive; ample; rich
extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble
scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (博士)
simp. #(博士)
 
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Etymology edit

Attestable since at least the Eastern Han dynasty. In modern Mandarin, a doublet of 把戲把戏 (bǎxì) and 把式 (bǎshì).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (20)
Final () (104) (19)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter pak dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pwɑk̚/ /d͡ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʷɑk̚/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/puɑk̚/ /d͡ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwak̚/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li
Rong
/puɑk̚/ /d͡ʒiəX/
Wang
Li
/puɑk̚/ /d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pwɑk̚/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bok3 zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ pak › ‹ dzriX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁak/ /*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English broad officer; gentleman

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3474 11511
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*paːɡ/ /*zrɯʔ/

Noun edit

博士

  1. doctorate; Ph.D.
    博士  ―  bóshìshēng  ―  doctoral candidate
    哲學博士哲学博士  ―  zhéxué bóshì  ―  Doctor of Philosophy
    好好努力博士讀完 [MSC, trad.]
    好好努力博士读完 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ huì hǎohǎo nǔlì bǎ wǒ de bóshì dúwán. [Pinyin]
    I will work hard to finish my doctorate.
    北京大學取得博士學位 [MSC, trad.]
    北京大学取得博士学位 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā gāng cóng Běijīng dàxué qǔdé bóshì xuéwèi. [Pinyin]
    He recently obtained his doctorate degree from Peking University.
  2. doctor (someone with a Ph.D.)
    博士博士  ―  bóshì  ―  Dr. Wu
    博士講座主講人 [MSC, trad.]
    博士讲座主讲人 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhāng bóshì shì zhè chǎng jiǎngzuò de zhǔjiǎngrén. [Pinyin]
    Dr. Zhang is the presenter of this seminar.
  3. (history) court academician (in feudal China)
  4. (history) master; person with a particular skill
    博士  ―  chá bóshì  ―  a tea master
  5. (history) learned scholar; polymath
  6. (dialectal) carpenter; woodworker

Synonyms edit

  • (carpenter):

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (博士):
  • Japanese: (はく)() (hakushi, court academician; doctor)
  • Korean: 박사(博士) (baksa, doctor; expert; learned man)
  • Vietnamese: bác sĩ (博士, medical doctor; physician)

Others:

  • Korean: 박수 (baksu, male priest, male shaman)
  • Manchu: ᠪᠠᡴᠰᡳ (baksi), ᠪᠠᡴᡧᡳ (bakši, scholar; Confucian scholar)
    • → Chinese: 把式 (bǎshì), 把勢把势 (bǎshì, “martial arts; master; skill”), 把戲把戏 (bǎxì, “circus tricks; cheap tricks”)
    • → Chinese: 巴克什 (bākèshí, “baksi, title given to Qing Dynasty scholars”)
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ (baɣsi) / багш (bagš, teacher, instructor; master; trainer)
  • Kazakh: бақсы (baqsy, shaman, sorcerer)
  • Kyrgyz: бакшы (bakşı, shaman, Islamic faith healer)
  • Persian: بخشی (baxši, scribe, secretary; surgeon; vice-regent; inspector; grand falconer)
  • Southern Altai: бакшы (bakšï, leader)
  • Uyghur: باخشى (baxshi, sorcerer, shaman, wizard; witchcraft healer, witch-doctor), باخشىلىق (baxshiliq, falconry, hunting with birds of prey; witchcraft, shamanism)
  • Tatar: багучы (bağuçı, shaman, healer)
  • Turkmen: bagşy (Turkmen shaman singers who play Dutar , shaman healer)

Japanese edit

 博士 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 博士 (pak dzriX) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はく)() (hakushi

  1. a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
はく > はか
Grade: 4
し > せ
Grade: 5
irregular

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 博士 (pak dzriX). Unattested in extant Old Japanese texts, but likely borrowed in the Old Japanese period, being an official title in the ritsuryō system.[4]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はか)() (hakase

  1. (history) a court academician
  2. a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)
  3. an expert
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
ひろ
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
yutōyomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun edit

(ひろ)() (Hiroshi

  1. a male given name

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

博士 (baksa or McCune-Reischauer: paksa or Yale: pakqsa) (hangeul 박사)

  1. Hanja form? of 박사 (doctor).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

博士

  1. chữ Hán form of bác sĩ (medical doctor; physician).