The Chinese word for teacher is
老师
lǎo shīChinese Definition
teacher | |
1. 名词. 教師、老師 | |
Components | |
老 | |
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 outdated; old-fashioned | |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 |
Translations for 师 and their definitions
教師 | |
1. n. teacher; instructor |
教师 | |
1. Simplified form of 教師 |
老師 | |
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. |
老师 | |
1. Simplified form of 老師 |
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