教授
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
教授 (jiàoshòu) · professor
教授 (jiàoshòu) means “professor”. It is written with 2 characters: 教 (to teach) + 授 (to award). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 教授 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)
授 shòu · to award
What 授 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 受shòu — to receive
- 爫zhǎo — claws
- 冖mì — cover
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 受 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他是大学教授。Tā shì dàxué jiàoshòu.He is a university professor.
王教授，您好！Wáng jiàoshòu, nín hǎo!Hello, Professor Wang!
Questions about 教授
What does 教授 mean?
教授 (jiàoshòu) means “professor”.
How do you pronounce 教授?
教授 is pronounced jiàoshòu.
Which HSK level is 教授?
教授 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 教师jiàoshīteacher
- 教室jiàoshìclassroom
- 教学jiàoxuéteaching
- 教育jiàoyùeducation
- 教材jiàocáitextbook
- 教练jiàoliàncoach
- 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for advice
- 教训jiàoxunlesson
- 教养jiàoyǎngupbringing
Learn 教授 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 97: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.