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老师lǎo shī
teacher
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 老师 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 老師 | ||
| 老師 | lǎoshī | |
| 1. n. teacher | ||
| 特教 老師 - special ed teacher | ||
| 向 老師 請教 - to ask for advice from the teacher | ||
| 去 學校 當 實習 老師 - to do teaching work experience at a school | ||
| 我 的 老師 給 我 很 大 壓力。 - My teacher puts me under a lot of pressure. | ||
| 現在 有 很 多 師生 都 聯名 寫信 要yāo求 取消 老師 的 教授 資格。 - Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to request the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility. | ||
| 2. n. (a term of address for a teacher) | ||
| 在 陳 老師 的 春風化雨 下，我 學會 了 如何 待人接物。 - Under the positive influence of Teacher Chen, I've learnt to how to get along with others. | ||
| 3. n. (honorific, polite) (a term of address for an adult, particularly a writer or an artist) | ||
| 曹 老師 業餘 喜愛 閱讀，尤 愛 讀 傳zhuàn記、歷史、經濟 和 國際 時事 書刊。 - Mr Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| teacher | ||
| 1. 名词. 教師、老師 | ||
| Components | ||
| 老 | lǎo | |
| 1. old; aged; elderly | ||
| Antonyms: 幼, 少 | ||
| 老樹 - old tree | ||
| 老 婦人 - old woman | ||
| 人 老 了 記憶力 就 差 了。 - One's memory worsens when age increases. | ||
| 2. old (as opposed to new); of long standing | ||
| Antonyms: 新 | ||
| 老 歌 - old song | ||
| 老朋友 - old friend | ||
| 3. outdated; old-fashioned | ||
| 4. original; former | ||
| 老 地方 - usual place | ||
| 老 本行háng - original profession | ||
| 5. the elderly; one's elders | ||
| 敬老 - to respect the elderly | ||
| 6. (Used after the surname of an old person to address a venerable old person) | ||
| 王 老 - revered old Wang | ||
| 7. (figurative) experienced | ||
| Antonyms: 嫩 | ||
| 老手 - an old hand | ||
| 老兵 - veteran | ||
| 8. (literary) to respect (the elderly, one's elders) | ||
| 9. (of cooked food) overcooked; tough; stringy; hard | ||
| 牛排 太 老 了，我 咬 不 動 它。 - The steak was so tough I couldn't eat it. | ||
| 這 雞蛋 煮 老 了，你 沒 掌握 好 火候。 - This egg is hard; you didn't time it properly. | ||
| 10. (of food or potable liquids) stale; not fresh | ||
| 11. always; all the time | ||
| 你 別 老 這樣！ - Stop being always like this! | ||
| 12. (chiefly dialectal) very; quite | ||
| 老早 - very early | ||
| 他 人 老 好 了。 - He is such a nice person! colloquial, somewhat regional | ||
| 看到 儂 真個 老 開心。 (2khoe tau&3non&1tsen geq&3lau&1khe xin, SH) - I am really happy to see you. | ||
| 13. (euphemistic, of an elderly person) to die; to pass away (usually with tr=le) | ||
| 14. (affectionate, respectful) (Used before surnames to refer to heads or elder members of families.) | ||
| → 小 (for younger people) | ||
| 老 張 馬上 來 了，我 得děi 趕緊 收拾 一 下 屋 子。 - Old Zhang is going to be here any minute. I need to hurry up and straighten the room up a bit. | ||
| 15. (usually respectful and affectionate) (Used by analogy in several other relationship terms.) | ||
| 老師 - teacher | ||
| 老婆 - wifey | ||
| 老公 - hubby | ||
| 16. (obsolete, originally, honorific) (Prefix for animals or people considered senior, fierce, and often awe-inspiring.) | ||
| 老鷹 - eagle | ||
| 老虎 - tiger | ||
| 老鼠 - mouse, rat; (obsolete) bat | ||
| 老狼 - (rare) elder and experienced wolf | ||
| 老貓 - (rare) elder (potentially annoying) cat | ||
| 老狐狸 - (surviving usage) elder, cunning and experienced fox | ||
| 老傢夥 - | ||
| 老東西 - | ||
| 老雜碎 - | ||
| 17. (colloquial) (Used before nouns, especially names of ethnicities, places and countries, to form nouns.) | ||
| 老外 - foreigner; (pejorative) layman, one who lacks knowledge of a subject | ||
| 老美 - Yank | ||
| 老表 - a friend (direct speech, may be intimate or offensive depending on provinces) | ||
| 老毛子zi - (pejorative) Russian person | ||
| 老蒙古 - (pejorative) Mongols | ||
| 老北京 - indigenous Beijing person | ||
| 老山東 - indigenous Shandong person | ||
| 老西兒r - (affectionate) Shanxi person | ||
| 老回回 - Hui person (affectionate in some cases, pejorative in other cases, never neutral, depend on the region, speaker, listener situation and speaking mood) | ||
| 18. Short for 老子, Laozi; Lao Tzu | ||
| 19. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) Short for 老撾, Laos | ||
| 师 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 師 | ||
| 師 | shī | |
| 1. (historical, military) division of 2500 soldiers | ||
| 2. (military) division; a large body of troops composing part of an army | ||
| 3. army; troops; armed force | ||
| 4. to dispatch troops; to send troops | ||
| 5. the masses; populace; general public | ||
| 6. (historical) (A former level of administrative division notionally covering 36,000 households or 1/12 of a province.) | ||
| 7. capital city; metropolis | ||
| 8. strategist; military adviser | ||
| 9. leader; chief; commander; head; captain | ||
| 10. teacher; instructor | ||
| 11. master; expert; specialist | ||
| 12. (Min Dong) to be an expert in; adept at; capable | ||
| 13. (Min Dong) (Respectful term of address for an expert in a trade or profession.) | ||
| 14. (religion) (Respectful title for monks, nuns and Taoist priests.) | ||
| 15. (historical) musician | ||
| 16. model; example; fine example | ||
| 17. to follow; to imitate; to follow the example of | ||
| 18. “Army” (䷆): the seventh hexagram of the I Ching | ||
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Pronunciation
lǎo shī
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