How to write 老师

Simplified Chineselǎoshīteacher2 characters · 12 strokes

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老师 (lǎoshī) means “teacher”. It is written with 2 characters and 12 strokes: 老 (lǎo, old) and 师 (shī, teacher). This is the simplified form; in traditional Chinese it is 老師.

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1. 老 lǎo · old · 6 strokes

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2. 师 shī · teacher · 6 strokes

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