博士

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

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博士

1. doctorate; Ph.D.

   博士生  ―  bóshìshēng  ―  doctoral candidate

   哲學博士／哲学博士  ―  zhéxué bóshì  ―  Doctor of Philosophy

   我會好好努力把我的博士讀完。 [MSC, trad.]
   我会好好努力把我的博士读完。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ huì hǎohǎo nǔlì bǎ wǒ de bóshì dúwán. [Pinyin]

   I will work hard to finish my doctorate.

   他剛從北京大學取得博士學位。 [MSC, trad.]
   他刚从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.)

   吳博士／吴博士  ―  Wú bóshì  ―  Dr. Wu

   張博士是這場講座的主講人。 [MSC, trad.]
   张博士是这场讲座的主讲人。 [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

   茶博士  ―  chá bóshì  ―  a tea master

5. (history) learned scholar; polymath
6. (dialectal) carpenter; woodworker

• (carpenter):

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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”)
  • → Tibetan: པག་ཤི (pag shi, “teacher”)
• → 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”)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Tokyo) は​くし [háꜜkùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕi]

博(はく)士(し) • (hakushi) 

1. a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)

• 博(はく)士(し)論(ろん)文(ぶん) (hakushi ronbun, “doctoral thesis”)

Ultimately from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Unattested in extant Old Japanese texts, but likely borrowed in the Old Japanese period, being an official title in the ritsuryō system.[4]

• (Tokyo) は​かせ [háꜜkàsè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ka̠se̞]

博(はか)士(せ) • (hakase) 

1. (history) a court academician
2. a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)
   • 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ニューイヤー星(せい)調(ちょう)査(さ)行(こう)”, in ポストの中の明日 [Tomorrow in the Letterbox] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 108:

     ロッシュ博(はか)士(せ)。あなたはうれしくないんですか。

     Rosshu Hakase. Anata wa ureshiku nai n desu ka.

     Dr. Roche. Are you not enjoying yourself?

3. an expert

• 博(はか)士(せ)論(ろん)文(ぶん) (hakase ronbun, “doctoral thesis”)

• → Kanakanabu: hakasi
• → Paiwan: hakasi
• → Saaroa: hakasi
• → Sakizaya: hakasi

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

博(ひろ)士(し) • (Hiroshi) 

1. a male given name

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

1. Hanja form^? of 박사 (“doctor”).

博士

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