English Explanatory Dictionary

jinshi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. “advanced” or “entered graduate”, a scholar who had successfully passed the highest level of the Chinese imperial examinations (殿試), usually held triennially at the imperial court.
name
  1. A county-level city of Changde, Hunan, China.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒɪnˈʃi/

Word forms

jinshi Chin-shih

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 進士 /进士 (jìnshì).

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