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师傅

shī fu

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 師傅 Measure word 个、位、名

师傅 (shī fu) means "master/skilled worker". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 师傅 means

1. master
2. qualified worker
3. respectful form of address for older men

The characters in 师傅

• 师shīteacher; master; expert
• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach

Example sentences

• 宝石师傅在胸针上镶了一枚大珍珠。
  Bǎoshí shīfu zài xiōngzhēn shàng xiāng le yī méi dà zhēnzhū.
  The jeweler mounted a big pearl on the brooch.
• 早安，师傅。我应该怎么样提高听力能力？
  Zǎo'ān, shīfu. wǒ yīnggāi zěnmeyàng tígāo tīnglì nénglì?
  Good day, lords. In what way can I refine upon my adroitness in aural comprehension?
• 早安，师傅。我应该怎幺样提高听力能力？
  Good day, lords. In what way can I refine upon my adroitness in aural comprehension?
• 师傅，方向反了，我要去东边，你怎么往西边开？
  Shīfu, fāngxiàng fǎn le, wǒ yào qù dōngbian, nǐ zěnme wǎng xībiān kāi?
  Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?
• 师傅，方向反了，我要去东边，你怎幺往西边开？
  Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?
• 远离宫殿的北方及南方是平民、商人、工艺师傅和工人。
  Yuǎnlí gōngdiàn de běifāng jí nánfāng shì píngmín, shāngrén, gōngyì shīfu hé gōngrén.
  Farther from the palace and to its north and south were the commoners, merchants, artisans, and laborers.

Words containing 师傅

• 面包师傅miàn bāo shī fùbaker

Sounds the same

Read shī fu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师父used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker

Where 师傅 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Professions & roles (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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