HSK 4 · Education

教授 jiàoshòu “professor” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 教授 means

  1. professor
  2. to instruct

How to say 教授

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale教jiào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale授shòu4th tone, falling

教授 in a sentence

  1. 我丈夫是教授。

    Wǒ zhàngfu shì jiàoshòu.

    My husband is a professor.

    Sentence #8671298 from Tatoeba

  2. 很巧，昨天在饭馆里碰到了我的教授。

    Hěn qiǎo, zuótiān zài fànguǎn lǐ pèngdào le wǒ de jiàoshòu.

    What a coincidence – I ran into my professor at a restaurant yesterday.

    Sentence #5136648 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他有一些教授英语的经验。

    Tā yǒu yìxiē jiàoshòu Yīngyǔ de jīngyàn.

    He has some experience teaching English.

    Sentence #363262 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 教授 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 教 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
教jiàoto teach; to instruct
  • 孝filial piety · xiàoSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 孝 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

The character 授 (shòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
授shòuto confer; to give
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 受to receive · shòuSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 受 (shòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with shòu.

How to write 教授

教 11 strokes · 授 11 strokes

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

Words related to 教授

Words with 教

教室jiàoshì · classroom教jiāo · teach教育jiàoyù · to educate教练jiàoliàn · instructor教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)教材jiàocái · teaching material请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing宗教zōngjiào · religion

Words with 授

授予shòuyǔ · to award传授chuánshòu · to teach

More words: School, Work & Culture

博士bóshì · doctorate词语cíyǔ · words and expressions错误cuòwù · mistaken基础jīchǔ · base教育jiàoyù · to educate普通话pǔtōnghuà · Mandarin硕士shuòshì · master’s degree小说xiǎoshuō · novel

FAQs

教授 (jiàoshòu) means “professor” or “to instruct”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiàoshòu: jiào with a 4th tone, then shòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 教授 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 教授 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
教授 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.