老师

lǎoshī

teacher

HSK 1

Pronunciation

老lǎo3

Third tone: low, then rising

师shī1

First tone: high and level

Tone marks follow the source pinyin. Listen to the complete word to practise connected pronunciation.

A noun meaning teacher, used here after a possessive phrase to identify someone's role as our teacher.

他是我们的老师。

tā shì wǒmen de lǎoshī

He is our teacher.

One fixed sample

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