進士 jìnshì successful imperial candidate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 进 進 jìn scholarly rank (bound form) A rank in the imperial examination system, as in 进士 jìnshì士 shì noun scholar (bound form) scholar; intellectual; member of the educated class in ancient China, as in the phrase 士农工商 shìnónggōngshāng