授 (sau6 | shou4) : confer; teach

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授

sau6

shou4

[1] confer; award; give; grant
[2] teach; instruct; lecture

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

授

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Nov 2010 05:07

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教授 gaau3 sau6 jiao4 shou4 = professor

授予 sau6 jyu5 shou4 yu3 = to award; to confer

傳授 cyun4 sau6 chuan2 shou4 = to impart; to convey; to teach; to pass on; to hand down; to instruct

授權 sau6 kyun4 shou4 quan2 = to authorize

授權書 sau6 kyun4 syu1 = certificate of authorization; commission of authority; power of attoney

指導教授 zi2 dou6 gaau3 sau6 zhi3 dao3 jiao4 shou4 = advisor; advising professor

授命 sau6 ming6 shou4 ming4 = to give orders

大學教授 daai6 hok6 gaau3 sau6 = a university professor

未經授權 mei6 ging1 sau6 kyun4 = unauthorised, unauthorized

授勛 sau6 fan1 shou4 xun1 = to award an honor

授粉 sau6 fan2 shou4 fen3 = pollination

授課 sau6 fo3 shou4 ke4 = to teach; to give lessons

授意 sau6 ji3 shou4 yi4 = to inspire; to incite; to hint at or suggest something

授乳 sau6 jyu5 shou4 ru3 = lactation; breast-feeding

授受 sau6 sau6 shou1 shou4 = to give and accept

授時 sau6 si4 shou4 shi2 = time service

授獎 sau6 zoeng2 shou4 jiang3 = to award a prize

傳授花粉 cyun4 sau6 faa1 fan2 chuan2 shou4 hua1 fen3 = to pollenate

授人以魚，不如授人以漁 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 bat1 jyu4 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 = it's better to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish

私相授受 si1 soeng1 sau6 sau6 si1 xiang1 shou4 shou4 = underhand dealings

香港版權複製授權協會 hoeng1 gong2 baan2 kyun4 fuk1 zai3 sau6 kyun4 hip3 wui6*2 = Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society

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教授畢竟是教授粵
Professors are (after all) professors.

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