HSK 6 · Education

师范 shīfàn “teacher training” in Chinese

Traditional 師範

What 师范 means

  1. teacher training
  2. normal (school)
  3. teacher-training
  4. pedagogical
  5. normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)

How to say 师范

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale师shī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale范fàn4th tone, falling

师范 in a sentence

  1. 她在师范大学学习，以后想当老师。

    Tā zài shīfàn dàxué xuéxí, yǐhòu xiǎng dāng lǎoshī.

    She studies at a teachers’ university and wants to be a teacher.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是师范专业的学生。

    Tā shì shīfàn zhuānyè de xuésheng.

    He’s a teacher-training student.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 师范 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 师 (shī) with each of its parts in a different colour
师shīteacher
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 帀to rotate
The character 范 (fàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
范fànpattern
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 氾to flood · fánSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 氾 (fán) hints at the sound. Compare it with fàn.

How to write 师范

师 6 strokes · 范 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

师范 (shīfàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 师范 (shīfàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 师范

Words with 师

老师lǎoshī · teacher律师lǜshī · lawyer师傅shīfu · master工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer

Words with 范

范围fànwéi · range示范shìfàn · to demonstrate范畴fànchóu · category规范guīfàn · standard模范mófàn · model

More words: Education & Learning

母语mǔyǔ · mother tongue撇piě · left-falling stroke (丿)启蒙qǐméng · to enlighten示范shìfàn · to demonstrate文凭wénpíng · diploma文献wénxiàn · literature心得xīndé · insights学说xuéshuō · theory

FAQs

师范 (shīfàn) means “teacher training” or “normal (school)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shīfàn: shī with a 1st tone, then fàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 师范 is written 師範. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shifan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 师范 from the suggestions. Typing shifan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
师范 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.