先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 秘密 mì mì secret / private / confidential / clandestine / a secret (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 私人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 隐私 隱私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy syn 私下 sī xià in private syn 教师 教師 jiào shī teacher / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 私家 sī jiā private / privately owned or managed syn 导师 導師 dǎo shī tutor / teacher / academic advisor syn 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom 私生活 sī shēng huó private life 家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 私立 sī lì privately-run / private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally syn 窃取 竊取 qiè qǔ to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc) 行医 行醫 xíng yī to practice medicine (esp. in private practice) syn 私自 sī zì private / personal / secretly / without explicit approval syn 切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code syn 代课 代課 dài kè to teach as substitute for absent teacher 辅导员 輔導員 fǔ dǎo yuán coach (teacher or trainer) 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden / to keep in one's private possession / secret store / stash 家长会 家長會 jiā zhǎng huì parent-teacher conference / parents' association 讲台 講臺 jiǎng tái platform / podium / rostrum / lectern / (teacher's) desk syn 专属 專屬 zhuān shǔ to belong or be dedicated exclusively to / proprietary / private / personal syn 座机 座機 zuò jī fixed-line phone / landline / private plane 私有 sī yǒu private / privately-owned syn 公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn 执教 執教 zhí jiào to teach / to be a teacher / to train / to coach syn 告状 告狀 gào zhuàng to tell on sb / to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit syn 补习 補習 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor 教员 教員 jiào yuán teacher / instructor / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 私营 私營 sī yíng privately-owned / private syn 班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class 列兵 liè bīng private (army) 良师益友 良師益友 liáng shī yì yǒu good teacher and helpful friend (idiom) / mentor syn 专车 專車 zhuān chē special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 私房 sī fang personal / private / confidential syn 包间 包間 bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 名师 名師 míng shī famous master / great teacher syn 恩师 恩師 ēn shī (greatly respected) teacher 师大 師大 shī dà abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学[shi1 fan4 da4 xue2], normal university / teacher training college syn 备课 備課 bèi kè (of a teacher) to do one's lesson preparation 教鞭 jiào biān teacher's pointer 雅座 yǎ zuò (restaurant etc) private room / booth / comfortable seating 答疑 dá yí to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts syn 民房 mín fáng private house 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 师长 師長 shī zhǎng military division level commander / teacher syn 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 任课 任課 rèn kè to give classes / to work as a teacher syn 密谈 密談 mì tán commune / private discussion 个体户 個體戶 gè tǐ hù self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage) syn 假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn 深闺 深閨 shēn guī lady's private room or bedroom / boudoir syn 小金库 小金庫 xiǎo jīn kù supplementary cash reserve / private fund / private hoard / slush fund 师资 師資 shī zī qualified teacher syn 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 自留地 zì liú dì private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm 士卒 shì zú soldier / private (army) syn 师范学校 師範學校 shī fàn xué xiào teacher-training school syn 私企 sī qǐ private enterprise / abbr. of 私營企業|私营企业[si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] syn 自诉 自訴 zì sù private prosecution (law) / (of a patient) to describe (one's symptoms) 私有制 sī yǒu zhì private ownership of property 师范 師範 shī fàn teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) syn 师范大学 師範大學 shī fàn dà xué normal university / teacher training college syn 私营企业 私營企業 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 师范学院 師範學院 shī fàn xué yuàn teacher's college / normal school 私密 sī mì private / secret / intimate 私家车 私家車 sī jiā chē private car 比划 比劃 bǐ hua to gesture / to gesticulate / to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher / to fight / to come to blows syn 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 自爆 zì bào to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself 包房 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour 个人隐私 個人隱私 gè rén yǐn sī personal privacy / private matters 私处 私處 sī chù private parts / genitalia 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings syn 隐忧 隱憂 yǐn yōu secret concern / private worry syn 师尊 師尊 shī zūn teacher / master 私募 sī mù private placement (investing) 自有品牌 zì yǒu pǐn pái private brand 语文老师 語文老師 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher 座驾 座駕 zuò jià one's own car (or motorbike) / vehicle for one's private use 转移支付 轉移支付 zhuǎn yí zhī fù transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return) 语文教师 語文教師 language teacher 师母 師母 shī mǔ term of respect for a teacher's wife syn 书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) 密语 密語 mì yǔ code word / coded language / to communicate in private 私立学校 私立學校 sī lì xué xiào private school 私塾 sī shú private school (in former times) syn 三资企业 三資企業 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures syn 个体经济 個體經濟 gè tǐ jīng jì economics of a self-employed individual or private firm 不伦 不倫 bù lún (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly 私法 sī fǎ private law 