老师(lǎo shī): teacher
teacher
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 老师 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
应该尊敬老师。
yīng gāi zūn jìng lǎo shī
One should respect his teachers.
他们不是老师。
tā men bù shì lǎo shī
They are not teachers.
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