老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- Made of
- 耂 old, aged 匕 spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
老师
lǎoshī
teacher
Characters in this word
师 shī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 刂 knife 帀 to rotate, to revolve, to make a circuit
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 老师很好。 Lǎoshī hěn hǎo. The teacher is very good.
- 我的老师很忙。 Wǒ de lǎoshī hěn máng. My teacher is very busy.
- 老师在学校。 Lǎoshī zài xuéxiào. The teacher is at school.
Related words
- 老 lǎo old
- 老人 lǎorén old person, the elderly
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 同学 tóngxué classmate
- 学 xué to learn, to study
- 学习 xuéxí to study, to learn
- 学校 xuéxiào school
- 学院 xuéyuàn college, institute
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student