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Definitions

  1. 1. teacher
  2. 2. master
  3. 3. expert
  4. 4. model
  5. 5. army division
  6. 6. to dispatch troops

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Words Containing 师

水师
shuǐ shī

navy (in Qing times)

尊师
zūn shī

revered master

知识工程师
zhī shi gōng chéng shī

knowledge worker

报道摄影师
bào dào shè yǐng shī

photojournalist

赤脚律师
chì jiǎo lǜ shī

barefoot lawyer

律师事务所
lǜ shī shì wù suǒ

law firm

法师
fǎ shī

one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)

投师
tóu shī

to join a guru for instruction

见习医师
jiàn xí yī shī

medical intern

班导师
bān dǎo shī

homeroom teacher

访师求学
fǎng shī qiú xué

to seek a teacher desiring to study

尊师爱徒
zūn shī ài tú

title of a Daoist priest

Tony老师
t o n y lǎo shī

(slang) hairdresser

钢琴师
gāng qín shī

pianist

出师
chū shī

to finish apprenticeship

前事不忘,后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī

don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience

巫师
wū shī

wizard

刘师培
liú shī péi

Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist

脊椎指压治疗师
jǐ zhuī zhǐ yā zhì liáo shī

chiropractor

分析师
fēn xī shī

analyst

师父
shī fu

used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)

班师
bān shī

to withdraw troops from the front

尊师贵道
zūn shī guì dào

to revere the master and his teaching

住院医师
zhù yuàn yī shī

resident physician

挥师
huī shī

in command of the army

宗师
zōng shī

great scholar respected for learning and integrity

惊师动众
jīng shī dòng zhòng

to alarm everyone

太师
tài shī

imperial tutor

师徒
shī tú

master and disciple

师母
shī mǔ

term of respect for a teacher's wife

满师
mǎn shī

to finish apprenticeship

櫆师
kuí shī

Polaris

师友
shī yǒu

friend from whom you can seek advice

拜师
bài shī

to formally become an apprentice to a master

誓师
shì shī

to vow before one's troops

师奶
shī nǎi

married woman of mature age

良师益友
liáng shī yì yǒu

good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor

陕西师范大学
shǎn xī shī fàn dà xué

Shaanxi Normal University

兴师动众
xīng shī dòng zhòng

to muster large forces

好为人师
hào wéi rén shī

to like to lecture others (idiom)

魔术师
mó shù shī

magician

京师
jīng shī

capital of a country (literary)

飞机师
fēi jī shī

pilot

师兄
shī xiōng

senior male fellow student or apprentice

烘焙师
hōng bèi shī

baker

会计师
kuài jì shī

accountant

华东师大
huá dōng shī dà

East China Normal University

裁缝师
cái féng shī

tailor

厨师
chú shī

cook

师丈
shī zhàng

teacher's husband

有其师,必有其徒
yǒu qí shī , bì yǒu qí tú

As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)

湛江师范学院
zhàn jiāng shī fàn xué yuàn

Zhanjiang Normal University

师宗
shī zōng

Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan

大兴问罪之师
dà xīng wèn zuì zhī shī

to launch a punitive campaign

师姐
shī jiě

senior female fellow student or apprentice

发型师
fà xíng shī

hair stylist

速录师
sù lù shī

stenographer

牧师
mù shī

chaplain

蒙师
méng shī

primary school teacher

工程师
gōng chéng shī

engineer

律师
lǜ shī

lawyer

乐师
yuè shī

musician

师长
shī zhǎng

military division level commander

导师
dǎo shī

tutor

道所存者,乃师所存者
dào suǒ cún zhě , nǎi shī suǒ cún zhě

If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù]).

伽师县
jiā shī xiàn

Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

师范
shī fàn

teacher-training

无师自通
wú shī zì tōng

self-taught

牧师之职
mù shī zhī zhí

ministry

琴师
qín shī

player of a stringed instrument

技师
jì shī

senior technician; technical expert

师生
shī shēng

teachers and students

老师
lǎo shī

teacher

师座
shī zuò

(archaic form of address) his excellency the army commander

偃师市
yǎn shī shì

Yanshi, county-level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan

万世师表
wàn shì shī biǎo

model teacher of every age (idiom)

星相师
xīng xiàng shī

astrologer

妖术师
yāo shù shī

warlock

伽师
jiā shī

Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

御用大律师
yù yòng dà lǜ shī

Queen's Counsel

北京师范大学
běi jīng shī fàn dà xué

Beijing Normal University

教师节
jiào shī jié

Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)

三藏法师
sān zàng fǎ shī

monk who has mastered the scriptures; (esp.) Xuanzang 玄奘[xuán zàng] (602-664)

血师
xuè shī

hematite Fe2O3

师范大学
shī fàn dà xué

normal university

禅师
chán shī

honorific title for a Buddhist monk

按摩师
àn mó shī

masseur; massage therapist

师傅
shī fu

master

华东师范大学
huá dōng shī fàn dà xué

East China Normal University (ECNU)

师兄弟
shī xiōng dì

fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)

出师未捷身先死
chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ

\he failed to complete his quest before death\ (line from the poem \The Premier of Shu\ 蜀相[shǔ xiàng] by Du Fu 杜甫[dù fǔ])

名师
míng shī

famous master

全端工程师
quán duān gōng chéng shī

full-stack developer (computing)

主治医师
zhǔ zhì yī shī

doctor-in-charge

设计师
shè jì shī

designer

教师
jiào shī

teacher

腹语师
fù yǔ shī

ventriloquist

师宗县
shī zōng xiàn

Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan

一字之师
yī zì zhī shī

one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master

师资
shī zī

qualified teacher

保惠师
bǎo huì shī

(Christianity) Paraclete

架构师
jià gòu shī

(computing) architect

建筑师
jiàn zhù shī

architect

药师如来
yào shī rú lái

Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)

开山祖师
kāi shān zǔ shī

founding master of a monastery

师古
shī gǔ

in imitation of ancient style

三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī

lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)

面包师傅
miàn bāo shī fù

baker

律师
lǜ shī

lawyer

膳魔师
shàn mó shī

Thermos (brand)

美容师
měi róng shī

hairdresser

祖师
zǔ shī

founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

师夷长技以制夷
shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí

\learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them\, idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[wèi yuán]

医师
yī shī

doctor

三人行,则必有我师
sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī

If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)

士师记
shì shī jì

Book of Judges

造型师
zào xíng shī

stylist (fashion)

师妹
shī mèi

junior female student or apprentice

北师大
běi shī dà

Beijing Normal University

一日为师,终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù

lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

魔法师
mó fǎ shī

magician

讲师
jiǎng shī

instructor

育婴师
yù yīng shī

nanny (for infants and toddlers)

摄影师
shè yǐng shī

photographer

恩师
ēn shī

(greatly respected) teacher

狗头军师
gǒu tóu jūn shī

(derog.) inept advisor

会师
huì shī

to collaborate

业师
yè shī

teacher

拜人为师
bài rén wéi shī

to acknowledge as one's teacher

兴师
xīng shī

to dispatch troops

北洋水师
běi yáng shuǐ shī

north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)

师尊
shī zūn

teacher

药师佛
yào shī fó

Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)

骑师
qí shī

jockey

拳师
quán shī

boxing coach

移师
yí shī

to move troops to

还给老师
huán gěi lǎo shī

to forget (everything one has learned)

理疗师
lǐ liáo shī

physiotherapist

理发师
lǐ fà shī

barber; hairdresser

美发师
měi fà shī

hairdresser

师弟
shī dì

young disciple (of the same master)

教师爷
jiào shī yé

master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house

厨师长
chú shī zhǎng

executive chef

家庭教师
jiā tíng jiào shī

tutor

为人师表
wéi rén shī biǎo

to serve as a model for others (idiom)

占星师
zhān xīng shī

astrologer

药剂师
yào jì shī

drugstore

偏师
piān shī

military auxiliaries (archaic)

验光师
yàn guāng shī

optometrist

营养师
yíng yǎng shī

nutritionist

化学师
huà xué shī

chemist

修脚师
xiū jiǎo shī

pedicurist

国师
guó shī

teachers of the state

大师
dà shī

great master

马尾水师学堂
mǎ wěi shuǐ shī xué táng

Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty

水陆师
shuǐ lù shī

army and navy (in Qing times)

大体老师
dà tǐ lǎo shī

cadaver for dissection in training medical students

祖师爷
zǔ shī yé

founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

师大
shī dà

teacher training college

麻醉师
má zuì shī

anaesthetist

兴师问罪
xīng shī wèn zuì

to send punitive forces against

谢师宴
xiè shī yàn

banquet hosted by students in honor of their teachers

药师经
yào shī jīng

Healing sutra

华师大
huá shī dà

East China Normal University

军师
jūn shī

(coll.) trusted adviser

师从
shī cóng

to study under (a teacher)

文殊师利菩萨
wén shū shī lì pú sà

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness

师父领进门,修行在个人
shī fu lǐng jìn mén , xiū xíng zài gè rén

the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you

网师园
wǎng shī yuán

Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu

鉴黄师
jiàn huáng shī

content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline)

调酒师
tiáo jiǔ shī

bartender

韩山师范学院
hán shān shī fàn xué yuàn

Hanshan Normal University, Shantou, Guangdong

医学检验师
yī xué jiǎn yàn shī

medical technologist

精算师
jīng suàn shī

actuary

发型设计师
fà xíng shè jì shī

hairstylist

师出有名
shī chū yǒu míng

lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom)

小三劝退师
xiǎo sān quàn tuì shī

consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee

道之所存,师之所存
dào zhī suǒ cún , shī zhī suǒ cún

If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù]).

师范学院
shī fàn xué yuàn

teacher's college

电机及电子学工程师联合会
diàn jī jí diàn zǐ xué gōng chéng shī lián hé huì

IEEE

师表
shī biǎo

paragon of virtue and learning

师娘
shī niáng

term of respect for a teacher's wife

人师
rén shī

mentor; role model

名师出高徒
míng shī chū gāo tú

A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.

机械师
jī xiè shī

mechanic

师出无名
shī chū wú míng

lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom)

问罪之师
wèn zuì zhī shī

punitive force

事务律师
shì wù lǜ shī

solicitor (law)

中等师范学校
zhōng děng shī fàn xué xiào

secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)

偃师
yǎn shī

Yanshi, county-level city in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[luò yáng], Henan