老師

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ChineseEdit

		old (of people); aged; venerable (person) old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or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)	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (老師)		老	師
simp. (老师)		老	师

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-sṳ̂
• Min Dong (BUC): lō̤-sṳ̆
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-su / lǎu-sir / lāu-sir / ló-su / nó͘-sir

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lao² se¹ / lao² su¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): lau sr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎoshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshy
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ si¹
    • Yale: lóuh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ si¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ si¹
    • IPA: /lo³¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-sṳ̆
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃o³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)ly⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-su
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxsw
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-su
    • Tâi-lô: ló-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loysw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-sir
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-sir
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-sir
    • Tâi-lô: lǎu-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-sir
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao² se¹ / lao² su¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láu sṳ / láu su
    • IPA ^(key): /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ³³/, /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ su³³/
    • Note: lao2 se1 - Chaozhou.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lau sr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔ²² sz̩⁴⁴/

NounEdit

老師

1. teacher   (Classifier: 個／个; 位; 名)

   我的老師給我很大壓力。 [MSC, trad.]

   我的老师给我很大压力。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de lǎoshī gěi wǒ hěn dà yālì. [Pinyin]

   My teacher puts me under a lot of pressure.

SynonymsEdit

• (Min Nan) 先生

Derived termsEdit

• 代課老師／代课老师 (dàikè lǎoshī)

• 還給老師／还给老师 (huángěi lǎoshī)

DescendantsEdit

Sino-Xenic (老師):

• Japanese: 老師 (ろうし) ‎(rōshi)
• Korean: 노사 (老師, nosa)
• Vietnamese: lão sư ‎(老師)

ReferencesEdit

• “Entry #2712”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• Duffus, William, "teach" (p. 266) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
老	師
ろう Grade: 4	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Chinese compound 老師 ‎(lawX srij, literally “old teacher, old master”). Compare modern Mandarin traditional 老師 and simplified 老师 ‎(lǎoshī).

PronunciationEdit

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ろ​うし [róꜜòshì] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠o̞ːɕi]

NounEdit

老師 ‎(hiragana ろうし, romaji rōshi, historical hiragana らうし)

1. an elderly monk; a sage; an elderly teacher or master
2. (from the way that 師 ‎(shi) can also mean “a military group”) the exhaustion of military troops from fighting a protracted war

ReferencesEdit

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KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term
老	師

NounEdit

老師 • ‎(nosa) ‎(hangeul 노사)

1. Hanja form^? of 노사, “an elderly monk; a sage; an elderly teacher or master”.