師 (si1 | shi1) : teacher; master

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師

si1

shi1

[1] [n] teacher; master; tutor [2] [n] specialist (especially of medicine; painting, music, divining, etc.) [3] [n] division in the Chinese army; [4] [n] army [5] [n] model; example [6] [v] teach [7] [v] pattern; model after [8] [n] local administrative chief [9] a surname

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 巾 (#50)

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

師 / 师

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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老師 lou5 si1 lao3 shi1 = teacher

師父 si1 fu6*2 shi1 fu4 = teacher or master

師奶 si1 naai5*1 = Mistress 粵

教師 gaau3 si1 jiao4 shi1 = teacher

講師 gong2 si1 jiang3 shi1 = lecturer

導師 dou6 si1 dao3 shi1 = instructor

廚師 cyu4 si1; ceoi4 si1 chu2 shi1 = cook; chef

理髮師 lei5 faat3 si1 li3 fa4 shi1 (PRC), li3 fa3 shi1 (Taiwan) = hairdresser; barber

髮型師 faat3 jing4 si1 fa4 xing2 shi1 (PRC), fa3 xing2 shi1 (Taiwan) = hair stylist

藥劑師 joek6 zai1 si1 yao4 zhi1 shi1 = pharmacist
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我個中文老師好好人㗎粵
My Chinese teacher is a very nice person.

你嘅教師係邊個呀？
Who is your teacher?

你栽培我成為老師
You trained me to become a teacher

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

“自學”，顧名思義，就是不在學校學，也沒有老師指點，全靠自己學習。
As the name implies, "Self-study" does not involve going to school where teachers are there to teach and guide; one learns on his own.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 師
Unicode code for this character: U+5E2B (off-site link)

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