老师

Character by character

• 老lǎo6 strokesHSK 1old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
• 师shī6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 師teacher, master, specialist

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Example sentences

• 关老师！

  Guān lǎo shī

  Teacher Guan!

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• 我是老师。

  Wǒ shì lǎo shī

  I'm a teacher.

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• 他是老师。

  Tā shì lǎo shī

  He is a teacher.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 老师. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 老lǎoHSK 1

  prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

• 老板lǎo bǎnHSK 3

  boss; business proprietor

• 律师lǜ shīHSK 4

  lawyer

• 老婆lǎo póHSK 4

  (coll.) wife

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 老人lǎo rénHSK 1

  old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents

• 教师jiào shīHSK 2

  teacher

• 大师dà shīHSK 6

  great master; master

• 老大lǎo dàHSK 7

  old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang

• 设计师shè jì shīHSK 6

  designer; architect

• 老鼠lǎo shǔ

  rat; mouse

• 师傅shī fuHSK 5

  master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men

• 老实lǎo shiHSK 4

  honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible

• 古老gǔ lǎoHSK 5

  ancient; old; age-old

• 摄影师shè yǐng shīHSK 5

  photographer; cameraman

• 老虎lǎo hǔ

  tiger

• 老是lǎo shiHSK 2

  always

• 工程师gōng chéng shīHSK 3

  engineer

• 老家lǎo jiāHSK 4

  native place; place of origin; home state or region

• 导师dǎo shīHSK 7

  tutor; teacher; academic advisor

• 老太太lǎo tài taiHSK 3

  elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother

• 老朋友lǎo péng youHSK 2

  old friend; (slang) period; menstruation

• 师父shī fuHSK 6

  used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker

• 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngHSK 3

  ordinary people; the "person in the street"