IDENTITY
师shīteacher; master
HSK 1Top 350
CORE MEANING
teacher; master
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.teacherHSK1
- 2.master; expertHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 巾cloth radical (jīn)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰⿰丨丿帀
- left stroke
- right block (in older script an army camp)
USAGE
Common words
老师lǎoshīteacher
教师jiàoshīteacher (profession)
工程师gōngchéngshīengineer
Graded examples
我们的老师很好。Wǒmen de lǎoshī hěn hǎo.HSK1
Our teacher is very kind.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 帅
- 狮
LEARNING
Memory aid
A teacher leads a group like a commander with a banner (巾).
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #350
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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