One word, one everyday story
Culture · Create free account · Log in · Feedback
Teaching entries and general reference records are shown separately. Independent language review of teaching entries is pending.
teacher
/ˈtiːtʃər/
Original teaching content · provenance and version
Example recordings passed technical checks; use the rating controls to flag pronunciation quality.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed
1 · noun
A person who teaches, guides, or helps others learn.
教授、指导或帮助别人学习的人。
Teacher names a role or occupation; forms of address vary by school and language setting.
The teacher gives us time to ask questions.
English pronunciation · Device-generated pronunciation (depends on browser and system voices)
Your current device will speak after you click; voices can differ by device.
老师给我们时间提问。
Share this public expressionMandarin pronunciation · Device-generated pronunciation (depends on browser and system voices)
Your current device will speak after you click; voices can differ by device.
Connect this word to your life
Learn this sense of teacher with its example.
Change the person, time, or place and make a sentence with this sense. You may invent details or skip.
2 · noun
a person whose occupation is teaching
老师；师
Study this sense through the example sentence for teacher.
She called to make an appointment to meet the teacher.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Candidate — listening review pending
她打电话预约了和老师见面的时间。
Share this public expressionMandarin pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Candidate — listening review pending
Connect this word to your life
Pronunciation: /titʃɚ/
Try using this word in a sentence about your life; you may skip this.
Related senses in the other language
These links apply to the listed senses, not every use of each word.