教师
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
教师 (jiàoshī) · teacher
教师 (jiàoshī) means “teacher”. It is written with 2 characters: 教 (to teach) + 师 (teacher). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 教师 is built
The characters
教 jiāo · to teach
What 教 is made of
- 孝xiào — filial piety
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 耂lǎo — old
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 孝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
师 shī · teacher
What 师 is made of
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: To skillfully wield 帀 a knife 刂 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我妈妈是一名教师。Wǒ māma shì yī míng jiàoshī.My mom is a teacher.
你想当教师吗？Nǐ xiǎng dāng jiàoshī ma?Do you want to be a teacher?
Questions about 教师
What does 教师 mean?
教师 (jiàoshī) means “teacher”.
How do you pronounce 教师?
教师 is pronounced jiàoshī.
Which HSK level is 教师?
教师 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 教室jiàoshìclassroom
- 教学jiàoxuéteaching
- 教育jiàoyùeducation
- 教材jiàocáitextbook
- 教练jiàoliàncoach
- 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for advice
- 教授jiàoshòuprofessor
- 教训jiàoxunlesson
- 教养jiàoyǎngupbringing
Learn 教师 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 44: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.