老 lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 老 — old, aged
- 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.
- 老师请进来坐。 Lǎoshī qǐng jìnlái zuò. Teacher, please come in and sit down.
- 王明是新老师。 Wáng Míng shì xīn lǎoshī. Wang Ming is a new teacher.
- 老师教我们汉语。 Lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen hànyǔ. The teacher teaches us Chinese.
- 老师，你喝水吗？ Lǎoshī, nǐ hē shuǐ ma? Teacher, would you like some water?
- 李月没看到老师。 Lǐ Yuè méi kàndào lǎoshī. Li Yue didn't see the teacher.
- 老师正在看书。 Lǎoshī zhèngzài kànshū. The teacher is reading right now.
- 老师今天不忙。 Lǎoshī jīntiān bù máng. The teacher isn't busy today.