mainerd Posted November 5, 2004 at 09:48 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 at 09:48 PM I found three words that seem to mean teacher. They are (in pinyin): lao shi, jiao shi, and dao shi. What is the difference between them or when is each used? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted November 6, 2004 at 02:04 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 at 02:04 AM I'm no expert, but this is what Zhongwen.com says.. 導師 dao3shi1= adviser 老師 lao3shi1 = teacher 教師 jiao4shi1 = teacher I'm assuming maybe lao3shi1 = more respectful because lao3 implies older, more distinguished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seagate Posted November 6, 2004 at 05:02 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 at 05:02 AM Hope I can make it clear. 导师=advisor, or mentor. As for the difference between 老师 and 教师, it is analogous to that of "professor" and "faculty" in English (though not exactly). 教师 is emphasized as a kind of profession, while 老师 is a very common title for teachers. Say, you can call somebody 赵老师, but 赵教师 is definitely wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elisabeth_rb Posted November 8, 2004 at 08:31 AM Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 at 08:31 AM Yes, Name-jiaoshi would be wrong, but Name-Jiaoshou would be OK. Jiaoshou corresponds to our 'professor'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
光暗黎明 Posted November 11, 2004 at 01:31 PM Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 at 01:31 PM 教师 is a kind of profession，it is used in official documents or in the news reports we can say 她是一位教师。 中国有很多很多的教师。 教师的工资低。 今天是教师节。 老师 is used in the spoken language we also can say 她是一位老师 中国有很多很多的老师 老师的工资低 we can't say 今天是老师/导师节 but 今天是老师/教师的节日 is right we can call somebody 王老师/李老师，早晨好 or 老师，早晨好 王教师/李教师/教师/王导师/导师，早晨好 is wrong。 导师 is a teather who teachs advanced knowledge In the university. if you want to continue a Master degree or a doctor degree ,you can say 我研究中国文化，我的导师是王教授/李教授/李明/王华 导师 is also a political term , for example 毛主席是我们伟大的导师 马克思是无产阶级伟大的导师 it is seldom used like this now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanuk88 Posted November 13, 2004 at 08:53 AM Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 at 08:53 AM when i had chinese lessons (which are starting again next week!) we called our teacher Margret 老师 (laoshi) that was at high school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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