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老师 lǎoshī

老师 lǎoshī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 老师 lǎoshī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǎoshī | lao3 shi1
English translation
teacher
CL:
>[gè], wèi [wèi]

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About 老师 lǎoshī

Read some general information about the Chinese word 老师 lǎoshī .

Traditional form

老師

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 老师 lǎoshī

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lǎo

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of an old person with long hair bent over and leaning on a cane.

Positional decomposition

耂匕

Number of Strokes

6
Shī

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of shī . Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

刂帀

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 老师 lǎoshī

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老师 lǎoshī de 学生 xuésheng men dōu Xiè chū 那道.

Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.

那个 nà ge 老师 lǎoshī zǒng shì wéi 以前 yǐqián 教过 de 学生 xuésheng 说句好话 hǎo huà .

The teacher always puts in a good word for his former pupils.

今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ zài 镇上碰到 pèng dào le 过去 guòqu 教过 de 老师 lǎoshī .

I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning.

duì 老师 lǎoshī de 教导 jiào dǎo Sāi ěr Wén .

He turned a deaf ear to the instruction given by his teacher.

老师 lǎoshī jiào men xiě 题为 de 暑假 shǔ jià de 作文 zuòwén .

Our teacher asked us to write essays on " My Summer Holidays ".

老师 lǎoshī Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 老师 lǎoshī and their own compounds.

老师 lǎoshī Compounds

See all 31 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 老师 lǎoshī in their composition.

  • lǎo
      • shì , , , shī , zhī , zhī , , ,
    • lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , mào , gǒu , dié , , , , , lāo , , , ,
  • Shī
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