师傅 (師傅) shīfu

  1. shīfu noun master
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Form of address for 僧尼 Buddhist monastic or 道士 Taoist master (CC-CEDICT '師傅'; Guoyu '師傅' 3)
  2. shīfu noun tutor for an emperor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'shīfu' 师傅 n 2, p. 838; Guoyu '師傅' 2)
  3. shīfu noun sir [polite form of address]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shīfu' 师傅 n 3, p. 838; CC-CEDICT '師傅')
  4. shīfu noun specialist; tradesman; expert worker
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shīfu' 师傅 n 4, p. 838; CC-CEDICT '師傅'; Guoyu '師傅' 4)
  5. shīfu noun teacher
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 老师 (Guoyu '師傅' 1)

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