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师范

shīfàn

teacher training; normal school

HSK 8 · Topic “Study and knowledge”
A young woman with a book stands in a classroom facing rows of desks
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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
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范 fàn

Strokes
8
Radical
艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
Made of
艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 氾 to flood, to inundate, to overflow
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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Example phrases

  • 师范教育若只强调教学技巧，而忽视伦理意识，便难以培养真正的教师。 Shīfàn jiàoyù ruò zhǐ qiángdiào jiàoxué jìqiǎo, ér hūshì lúnlǐ yìshí, biàn nányǐ péiyǎng zhēnzhèng de jiàoshī. If teacher training emphasises only teaching techniques while ignoring ethical awareness, it will struggle to cultivate real teachers.
  • 她在师范大学学了四年，毕业后当了小学老师。 Tā zài shīfàn dàxué xué le sì nián, bìyè hòu dāng le xiǎoxué lǎoshī. She studied for four years at a normal university and became a primary school teacher after graduating.
  • 很多省份都有几所历史悠久的师范学院。 Hěn duō shěngfèn dōu yǒu jǐ suǒ lìshǐ yōujiǔ de shīfàn xuéyuàn. Many provinces have several teacher training colleges with long histories.

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