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

• 访师求学(訪師求學) to seek a teacher desiring to study
• 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
• 理疗师(理療師) physiotherapist
• 师范大学(師範大學) normal university; teacher-training college
• 乐师(樂師) musician
• 维权律师(維權律師) civil rights attorney
• 脊椎指压治疗师(脊椎指壓治療師) chiropractor
• 钢琴师(鋼琴師) pianist
• 水陆师(水陸師) army and navy (in Qing times)
• 法师(法師) Dharma Master; Venerable; a Buddhist monk or nun ; a Taoist priest
• 会师(會師) to collaborate; to join forces; to effect a junction
• 腹语师(腹語師) ventriloquist
• 理发师(理髮師) barber
• 师出无名(師出無名) to start a military expedition without justification
• 潜师(潛師) covert military operation
• 师兄弟(師兄弟) fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
• 舟师(舟師) boat troops ; boatman
• 化学师(化學師) chemist; apothecary
• 贤者师(賢者師) leader of the virtuous
• 飞机师(飛機師) pilot; aviator
• 师生(師生) teacher and student
• 兴师动众(興師動眾) to muster large forces; to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
• 魔术师(魔術師) a magician
• 军师(軍師) military counselor; trusted adviser
• 师父领进门，修行在个人(師父領進門，修行在個人) the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
• 出师(出師) to send troops; to go on a military expedition ; to complete training
• 乞师取谷(乞師取穀) requested soldiers to invade [the Qi territory] of Gu
• 大师(大師) great master; grand master
• 牧师之职(牧師之職) ministry
• 师长(師長) teacher ; military division level commander ; minister; senior court official
• 武师(武師) troops; armed forces ; a respected military figure of technique
• 家庭医师(家庭醫師) family doctor
• 师傅(師傅) master ; tutor for an emperor ; sir [polite form of address] ; specialist; tradesman; expert worker ; teacher
• 水师(水師) navy
• 班师(班師) to withdraw troops from the front; to return in triumph
• 三人行，必有我师(三人行，必有我師) if three walk together, one can be my teacher

Also contained in

华东师大 、 太师 、 师母 、 韩山师范学院 、 偃师市 、 膳魔师 、 颜师古 、 北洋水师 、 师旷 、 吴师道 、 网师园 、 全端工程师 、 伽师县 、 马尾水师学堂 、 师宗县

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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

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 师师 (師師) 百僚師師 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao — count: 6
• 父师 (父師) 父師 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 微子 Shang Shu - Count of Wei — 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
• 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: 6