HSK 4 · Work

律师 lǜshī “lawyer” in Chinese

Traditional 律師

What 律师 means

  1. lawyer

How to say 律师

    律师 in a sentence

    1. 我妈妈是个律师。

      Wǒ māma shì ge lǜshī.

      My mother is a lawyer.

      Sentence #8673655 from Tatoeba

    2. 他儿子想当律师。

      Tā érzi xiǎng dāng lǜshī.

      His son wants to be a lawyer.

      Sentence #4270101 from Tatoeba

    3. 教师的工资比律师低。

      Jiàoshī de gōngzī bǐ lǜshī dī.

      A teacher’s salary is lower than a lawyer’s.

      Sentence #348889 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 律师 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 律 (lǜ) with each of its parts in a different colour
    律lǜlaw
    • 彳step · chì
    • 聿brush · yù
    The character 师 (shī) with each of its parts in a different colour
    师shīteacher
    • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
    • 帀to rotate

    How to write 律师

    律 9 strokes · 师 6 strokes

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

    Words related to 律师

    Words with 律

    法律fǎlǜ · law纪律jìlǜ · discipline规律guīlǜ · rule (e.g. of science)一律yílǜ · without exception旋律xuánlǜ · melody

    Words with 师

    老师lǎoshī · teacher师傅shīfu · master工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer师范shīfàn · teacher training

    More words: School, Work & Culture

    经验jīngyàn · experience警察jǐngchá · police竞争jìngzhēng · to compete零钱língqián · change (of money)生意shēngyi · business师傅shīfu · master收入shōurù · income售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson

    FAQs

    律师 (lǜshī) means “lawyer”. It is an HSK 4 word.
    Say it lǜshī: lǜshī. 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, 律师 is written 律師. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 律师 from the suggestions. Typing lushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    律师 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.