老师 (老師)
lǎo shī
Pinyin

Definition

老师 (老師)
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lǎo shī
  1. teacher
  2. CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

老
lǎo
  1. 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
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
老师
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

现在很多学生，上课的时候不是在打盹儿，就是在和哥们儿聊天儿，没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了，很不是滋味儿。
xiànzài hěnduō xuésheng ，shàngkè de shíhou búshi zài dǎdǔnr ，jiùshì zài hé gēmenr liáotiānr ，méi jǐge hǎohāor tīngkè 、bǎ lǎoshī dāng huí shìr de 。lǎoshī men kàn le ，hěn búshi zīwèier 。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
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老师，我想加长考试时间。
lǎoshī ，wǒ xiǎng jiācháng kǎoshì shíjiān 。
Teacher, I want to extend the exam time.
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为老师们干杯！
wèi lǎoshī men gānbēi ！
Cheers to the teachers!
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黑板上老师的粉笔还在拼命叽叽喳喳写个不停
hēibǎn shàng lǎoshī de fěnbǐ hái zài pīnmìng jījīzhāzhā xiě ge bùtíng
On the blackboard, teacher's chalk was still desperately writing a non-stop chatter.
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我想起来我在上正面管教课程时老师讲过的一个故事。
wǒ xiǎng qilai wǒ zài shàng zhèngmiàn guǎnjiào kèchéng shí lǎoshī jiǎng guò de yīgē gùshi 。
I remember a story that my teacher told me when I was in the course of a positive discipline.
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其他人其他学生其他老师其他男生其他品牌其他教室
qítā rén qítā xuésheng qítā lǎoshī qítā nánshēng qítā pǐnpái qítā jiàoshì
Others: Others, Other Students, Other Teachers, Other Boys, Other Brands, Other Classrooms
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老师今天没有出作业。
lǎoshī jīntiān méiyǒu chūzuòyè 。
The teacher didn’t give us assignments today.
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对不起，你不是我的汉语老师吗？
duìbuqǐ ，nǐ bù shì wǒ de Hànyǔ lǎoshī ma ？
Excuse me. Aren’t you my Mandarin teacher?
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老师，我可以去厕所吗?
lǎoshī ，wǒ kěyǐ qù cèsuǒ ma ?
Teacher, can I go to the toilet?
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老师说一不二，大家都要听他的话。
lǎoshī shuōyībùèr ，dàjiā dōu yào tīng tā de huà 。
The teacher’s word is law. Everyone has to do as he says.
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