老师/老師 lǎoshī — teacher

Meanings

1. 1

   teacher

   A teacher at any level. It is also a term of address, used alone or after a surname (王老师) the way "Doctor" is used in English, and students rarely use a teacher’s given name.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 老

  lǎo (third tone, dipping)

  old, aged; long-established; (before a verb) always, forever doing something; a familiar or respectful prefix for people

  6 strokes⿸耂匕Radical 老

Example sentences

• 我们的汉语老师是中国人。/我們的漢語老師是中國人。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) rén. (second tone, rising)···

  Our Chinese teacher is Chinese.

• 老师，请问这个字怎么写？/老師，請問這個字怎麼寫？Lǎoshī, (third tone, dipping) qǐngwèn (third tone, dipping) zhège (fourth tone, falling) zì (fourth tone, falling) zěnme (third tone, dipping) xiě? (third tone, dipping)···

  Excuse me, teacher — how do you write this character?

Similar words

Words containing 老

• 老lǎo (third tone, dipping)old, aged (of people and animals)