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师 - shī

teacher, master, specialist

teacher, master, specialist

How to read 师

Click 师 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshī
Englishteacher, master, specialist
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

师丈 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 师傅. Please read 师兄 one more time.

Common words with this character

teacher's husband
master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
senior male fellow student or apprentice; son of one's teacher
Daoist priest; teacher's teacher

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 师 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 师丈 and 师傅 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 师.