# 硕士 (shuòshì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 硕士 (shuòshì) means “master's degree”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: master's degree
- Pinyin: shuòshì (shuo4 shi4)
- Traditional: 碩士
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 我姐姐去年拿到了硕士学位。
  Wǒ jiějie qùnián ná dàole shuòshì xuéwèi.
  My older sister graduated with a master's degree last year.

## Characters

- 硕 (shuò): large; big; master's degree (abbr. for 硕士)
- 士 (shì): member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old)

https://hanziro.com/word/shuo-shi-masters-degree/

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