| 三位博士 |
sān wèi bó shì |
the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 位 |
wèi |
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential |
| 博 |
bó |
(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide / to win; to gain / to play; to gamble / learned; well-read / (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士) / (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客) |
| 博 |
bó |
old variant of 博 |
| 博士 |
bó shì |
doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician |
| 士 |
Shì |
surname Shi |
| 士 |
shì |
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker |