| 名誉学位 |
míng yù xué wèi |
honorary degree / academic degree Honoris Causa |
| 名 |
míng |
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people |
| 名誉 |
míng yù |
fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) |
| 誉 |
yù |
to praise / to acclaim / reputation |
| 学 |
xué |
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology |
| 学位 |
xué wèi |
academic degree / place in school |
| 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 |