shī

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  • 1

    n.tutor; master; teacher; person who imparts knowledge or skills

    • qǐng zūn shī zhòng dào

      Please honour the teacher and respect his teachings.

    • shī tú

      teacher and student

    • jiào shī

      teacher

  • 2

    n.form of address derived from the relationship between teachers and students or between masters and apprentices; of one's master or teacher; of or related to one's master or teacher; of one's master or teacher

    • shī xiōng

      master's son who is older than oneself or peer who began to follow the same master or teacher earlier than oneself

    • shī dì

      The son of a younger master or his peers who started following the same master or teacher later than himself

    • shī jiě

      master's daughter who is older than oneself or peer who began to follow the same master or teacher earlier than oneself

    antonym
  • 3

    n.model; example

    • qián shì bù wàng hòu shì zhī shī

      前事

      Past lessons can be one's future teacher.

  • 4

    n.a professional person; person skilled in a certain profession or trade

    • jì shī

      technician

    • yī shī

      doctor

    • lǜ shī

      lawyer

  • 5

    n.respmaster [a term of respect for a Buddhist monk]; honorific title for a Buddhist monk; a respectful term of address for a monk; (a term of respect for a monk or nun) master; mother

    • chán shī

      master of meditation

  • 6

    v.fmllearn; imitate; study; follow; model oneself after

    • shī gǔ

      imitate the ancients

    • shī fǎ

      imitate

  • 7

    n.division; division (of an army); establishment for army units subordinate to an army or group army, with several brigades or regiments under its jurisdiction

    • bù bīng shī

      步兵

      infantry division

  • 8

    n.fmleveryone

    • shī xī

      opinion of the crowd

  • 9

    n.Shi, a surname

Words and phrases with 师

  • 师兄
    [word]used to address a male student who began studying under the same teacher earlier than oneself; the son of one's master
  • 师姑
    [word]Buddhist nun
  • 师承
    [word]study under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor; transmission from master to disciple
  • 师母
    [word]wife of one's master
  • 师范教育
    [word]teacher education
  • 师徒
    [word]master and apprentice
  • 师团
    [word]division
  • 师训班
    [word]teacher-training class
  • 师专
    [word]three-year teachers' college
  • 师道尊严
    [idiom]dignity of the teaching profession
  • 师直为壮
    [idiom]It is the goodness of its cause which makes an army strong.
  • 师出有名
    [idiom]carry out a campaign with a justifiable reason
  • 师心自用
    [idiom]show overconfidence in oneself
  • 师老兵疲
    [idiom]an army worn-down and war-weary
  • 师出无名
    [idiom]send the army out without a righteous cause; cause trouble for no reason
  • 师严道尊
    [idiom]A master must be stern in order to teach the students to respect learning.

Similar-form characters to 师

Chinese Characters with pinyin shī

  • lose; miss
  • execute; exert
  • poetry
  • 湿
    wet; humidity
  • person representing spirit of the dead person during sacrifices; corpse