老師
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model | ||
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trad. (老師) | 老 | 師 | |
simp. (老师) | 老 | 师 | |
alternative forms | 老濕/老湿 slang |
Pronunciation
Noun
老師
- teacher (Classifier: 個/个; 位; 名)
- a term of address for a teacher
- (honorific, polite) a term of address for an adult, particularly a writer or an artist
- 曹老師業餘喜愛閱讀,尤愛讀傳記、歷史、經濟和國際時事書刊。 [MSC, trad.]
- Cáo lǎoshī yèyú xǐ'ài yuèdú, yóu ài dú zhuànjì, lìshǐ, jīngjì hé guójì shíshì shūkān. [Pinyin]
- Mr Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs.
曹老师业余喜爱阅读,尤爱读传记、历史、经济和国际时事书刊。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- (teacher):
Dialectal synonyms of 老師 (“teacher”) [map]
Derived terms
References
- “Entry #2712”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
- Duffus, William (1883) “teach”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 266
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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老 | 師 |
ろう Grade: 4 |
し Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
/rauɕi/ → /rɔːɕi/ → /roːɕi/
From Middle Chinese compound 老師 (MC lawX srij). Compare modern Mandarin 老師/老师 (lǎoshī).
Noun
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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