Learn Mandarin Mandarin-English Dictionary & Thesaurus

shī

Main
English Definition	teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	师
Traditional Script	師
Pinyin	shī
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	si¹
Part of Speech	(名) noun, (後綴) suffix

Words With Same Head Word
师母	shīmǔ	term of respect for your teacher's wife
师范	shīfàn	teacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
师傅	shīfu	master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
师生	shīshēng	teachers and students
师父	shīfu	used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker

Derived Words or Phrases
Sign-in

Similar-sounding Words
Sign-in

Wildcard: Use * as placeholder for 0 or more
Chinese characters or pinyin syllables