Teacher in Chinese (Mandarin): 老师 (lǎoshī)
老师
lǎoshī
teacher
- Simplified
- 老师
- Traditional
- 老師
- Pinyin
- lǎoshī
- Typed as
- laoshi
Use it in a sentence
老师教我们写字。
老師教我們寫字。
The teacher teaches us to write.
The characters in 老师
老
Old; here it shows respect.
6 strokes
师 / 師
Teacher, master.
6 strokes
Children call their teacher 老师, often with the family name: 王老师 (Wáng lǎoshī), Teacher Wang.
More examples with 老师
老师好！
老師好！
Lǎoshī hǎo!
Hello, teacher!
我的老师很好。
我的老師很好。
Wǒ de lǎoshī hěn hǎo.
My teacher is very nice.
How to write 老师 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
老 6 strokes
师 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
師 10 strokes
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