老师 lǎoshī teacher

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Traditional: 老師

Stroke order

老师 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

老师 — the Chinese character for teacher (lǎoshī), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 老师 — teacher

老 — 6 strokes
师 — 6 strokes

Characters in 老师

老 lǎo — 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; old (of people); venerable (person)
师 shī — teacher; master; expert

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我们老师很好。Wǒmen lǎoshī hěn hǎo.Our teacher is very good.
老师在前面。Lǎoshī zài qiánmiàn.The teacher is in front.

Related words

老师 is pronounced lǎoshī and means “teacher”.

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