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师

shī

HSK 1 Character Traditional 師

What 师 means

1. teacher
2. master
3. expert
4. model
5. army division
6. oldtroops
7. to dispatch troops

Other readings

师 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shīsurname Shi

Example sentences

• 老师好！
  Hello teacher!
• 关老师！
  Teacher Guan!
• 老师好。
  Hello, teacher.
• 我是老师。
  I'm a teacher.
• 他是教师。
  He is a teacher.
• 他是老师。
  He is a teacher.

Words starting with 师

• 师傅shī fumaster; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
• 师范shī fànteacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
• 师父shī fuused for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker
• 师生shī shēngteachers and students
• 师兄shī xiōngsenior male fellow student or apprentice; son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
• 师资shī zīqualified teacher
• 师长shī zhǎngmilitary division level commander; teacher
• 师妹shī mèijunior female student or apprentice; daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
• 师弟shī dìyoung disciple (of the same master); younger or junior male schoolmate
• 师母shī mǔterm of respect for a teacher's wife
• 师徒shī túmaster and disciple
• 师尊shī zūnteacher; master
• 师范大学shī fàn dà xuénormal university; teacher training college
• 师从shī cóngto study under (a teacher)
• 师爷shī yé(historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official…
• 师范学院shī fàn xué yuànteacher's college; normal school
• 师兄弟shī xiōng dìmale fellow disciples; fellow apprentices
• 师友shī yǒufriend from whom you can seek advice
• 师公shī gōngDaoist priest (esp. in folk religion); teacher's teacher…
• 师太shī tàielderly Buddhist nun
• 师表shī biǎoparagon of virtue and learning; exemplary character
• 师出有名shī chū yǒu mínglit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom); to do something with good reason…
• 师出无名shī chū wú mínglit. to go to war without just cause (idiom); to act without justification
• 师古shī gǔfollowing the ways of old; in imitation of ancient style

Words containing 师

• 老师lǎo shīteacher
• 教师jiào shīteacher
• 律师lǜ shīlawyer
• 工程师gōng chéng shīengineer
• 大师dà shīgreat master; master
• 导师dǎo shītutor; teacher; academic advisor
• 设计师shè jì shīdesigner; architect
• 厨师chú shīcook; chef
• 法师fǎ shīone who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
• 牧师mù shīchaplain; churchman; clergyman
• 医师yī shīdoctor; physician
• 摄影师shè yǐng shīphotographer; cinematographer; cameraman
• 禅师chán shīhonorific title for a Buddhist monk
• 讲师jiǎng shīinstructor; lecturer
• 建筑师jiàn zhù shīarchitect
• 名师míng shīfamous master; great teacher
• 会计师kuài jì shīaccountant
• 京师jīng shīcapital of a country (literary)
• 北师大Běi Shī DàBeijing Normal University; abbr. for 北京师范大学
• 魔法师mó fǎ shīmagician; wizard; sorcerer
• 理发师lǐ fà shībarber; hairdresser
• 分析师fēn xī shīanalyst; commentator
• 教师节Jiào shī jiéTeachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
• 律师事务所lǜ shī shì wù suǒlaw firm

Characters that look like 师

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 评píngto discuss; to comment; to criticize
• 邦bāng(bound form) country; nation; state
• 帅shuài(bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful…
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诗poem; poetry; verse
• 失to lose; to miss; to fail
• 施(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 湿moist; wet
• 狮(bound form) lion
• 尸(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…
• 虱louse
• 葹Xanthium strumarium
• 蓍yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• 浉Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan
• 絁rough, indelicate silk
• 邿place name