师 (師) shī

1. shī noun teacher
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: srij; 师 is synonymous with 老师 in this sense (ABC 'shī' bf 1; CED 1 '师' 1; GHC '师' 3; Kroll 2015 '師' 3)
2. shī noun multitude
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 众人 (GHC '师' 2; Kroll 2015 '師' 1b)
3. shī noun a host; a leader
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '师' 5)
4. shī noun an expert
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 工程师 'engineer' or 医师 'doctor' (ABC 'shī' bf 4; CED 1 '师' 3; GHC '师' 4; Kroll 2015 '師' 5)
5. shī noun an example; a model
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 师 is synonymous with 榜样 in this sense, as in 师范 (ABC 'shī' bf 3; CED 1 '师' 2).
6. shī noun master
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A title for a Buddhist monastic, as in 法师 or 禅师 (ABC 'shī' bf 6; CED 1 '师' 4)
7. shī noun a capital city; a well protected place
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 师 is synonymous with 首都 in this sense, as in 京师 (Kroll 2015 '師' 2).
8. shī proper noun Shi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (ABC 'shī' n 2; CED 1 '师' 6; GHC '师' 8)
9. shī verb to imitate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 师 is synonymous with 效法 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '師' 4).
10. shī noun troops
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'shī' bf 8; CED 2 '师' 1; Kroll 2015 '師' 1a)
11. shī foreign shi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
    Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
12. shī noun an army division
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'shī' n 1; CED 2 '师' 1; GHC '师' 1; Kroll 2015 '師' 1)
13. shī noun the 7th hexagram
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A divinatory symbol named in the 易经 Yijing (GHC '师' 6; Kroll 2015 '師' 6)
14. shī noun a lion
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 狮 (GHC '师' 7; Kroll 2015 '師' 7)

Contained in

• 师夷长技以制夷(師夷長技以制夷) learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them, idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
• 师氏(師氏) matron
• 偏师(偏師) military auxiliaries
• 道所存者，乃师所存者(道所存者，乃師所存者) if somebody has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher
• 调酒师(調酒師) bartender
• 基因工程师(基因工程師) a genetic engineer
• 开山祖师(開山祖師) founding master of a monastery; founder; originator
• 雨师(雨師) Rain Master ; five-stamen tamarisk; Chinese tamarisk; saltcedar
• 挥师(揮師) in command of the army
• 会计师(會計師) an accountant
• 药师如来(藥師如來) Medicine Buddha
• 雄师(雄師) formidable troops
• 师尊(師尊) teacher; master
• 宗师(宗師) a great master ; a great scholar ; an educational administrator
• 櫆师(櫆師) Polaris; the north star
• 师出无名(師出無名) to start a military expedition without justification
• 小三劝退师(小三勸退師) mistress dispeller
• 法师(法師) Dharma Master; Venerable; a Buddhist monk or nun ; a Taoist priest
• 访师求学(訪師求學) to seek a teacher desiring to study
• 师范学校(師範學校) normal school; teacher-training college
• 美容师(美容師) hairdresser; beautician (male)
• 师得不劳(師得不勞) avoiding toil for the soldiers
• 班导师(班導師) teacher in charge of a class; homeroom teacher
• 医师(醫師) a doctor
• 机师(機師) machine operator; technician
• 京师(京師) a capital city
• 琴师(琴師) player of a stringed instrument
• 保惠师(保惠師) comforter
• 雷师(雷師) Lightening Master
• 水陆师(水陸師) army and navy (in Qing times)
• 老师(老師) teacher ; exam chairperson
• 大学教师(大學教師) university teacher
• 师长(師長) teacher ; military division level commander ; minister; senior court official
• 中师(中師) secondary normal school
• 祖师(祖師) patriarch; the founder of a school or sect
• 化学师(化學師) chemist; apothecary
• 师友(師友) friend from whom you can seek advice
• 树艺师(樹藝師) arborist
• 兴师问罪(興師問罪) to send punitive forces against; to criticize violently
• 楫师(楫師) a boatman
• 上师(上師) a guru
• 腹语师(腹語師) ventriloquist
• 律师事务所(律師事務所) law firm
• 律师(律師) a lawyer; an attorney ; a Taoist master
• 牧师之职(牧師之職) ministry

Also contained in

首都师范大学 、 伽师 、 后出师表 、 华东师范大学 、 师说 、 膳魔师

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 233
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 176
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 146
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 144
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 142
• 宣公 Lord Xuan The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 100
• 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 95
• 卷二百十六 表第七 宗室世系二 Volume 216 Tables 7: Geneology of the Imperial Clan 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 77
• 定公 Lord Ding The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 73
• 卷三百三十二 列傳第九十一 滕元發 李師中 陸詵 趙禼 孫路 游師雄 穆衍 Volume 332 Biographies 91: Teng Yuanfa, Li Shizhong, Lu Shen, Zhao Xie, Sun Lu, You Shixiong, Mu Yan History of Song 宋史 — count: 72

Collocations

• 齐师 (齊師) 齊師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 24
• 宋师 (宋師) 敗宋師于黃 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 13
• 师伐 (師伐) 虢師伐衛南鄙 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 12
• 少师 (少師) 少師 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 微子 Shang Shu - Count of Wei — count: 12
• 帅师 (帥師) 費伯帥師城郎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 10
• 六师 (六師) 以作六師 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧瞻彼洛矣 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Zhan Bi Luo Yi — count: 7
• 王师 (王師) 王師傷敗 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧兔爰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Tu Yuan — count: 7
• 师败绩 (師敗績) 夏師敗績 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 7
• 郑师 (鄭師) 鄭師入郜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 师入 (師入) 無駭帥師入極 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6