双学位 (shuāng xué wèi) — dual degree (an academic program awarding two d…

Definition

noun

dual degree (an academic program awarding two degrees simultaneously)

双学位，。
Tā zhèng zài dú yí gè shuāng xué wèi kè chéng, tóng shí xué xí jīng jì hé fǎ lǜ.
She is currently in a dual degree program, studying both economics and law.
双学位。
Shēn qǐng shuāng xué wèi xū yào chéng jì yōu xiù hé míng què de xué xí mù biāo.
Applying for a dual degree requires excellent grades and clear academic goals.
双学位，。
Huò dé shuāng xué wèi hòu, tā de jiù yè xuǎn zé biàn de gèng duō le.
After obtaining a dual degree, her career options became much broader.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

学位degree

偏正Modifier + head

双 means double, and 学位 is a degree, so the word names a dual academic degree.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

又又双

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

立lì位wèi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

位 combines 人 (man), related to people, with 立, which gives the sound. It was often simply written as 立.