做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 丈夫 zhàng fu husband syn 老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 教师 教師 jiào shī teacher / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 前夫 qián fū former husband 导师 導師 dǎo shī tutor / teacher / academic advisor syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 代课 代課 dài kè to teach as substitute for absent teacher 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 辅导员 輔導員 fǔ dǎo yuán coach (teacher or trainer) 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 家长会 家長會 jiā zhǎng huì parent-teacher conference / parents' association 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 讲台 講臺 jiǎng tái platform / podium / rostrum / lectern / (teacher's) desk syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband 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 教员 教員 jiào yuán teacher / instructor / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class 夫君 fū jūn (honorific) husband syn 良师益友 良師益友 liáng shī yì yǒu good teacher and helpful friend (idiom) / mentor syn 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 男方 nán fāng (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side / the husband's side 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 名师 名師 míng shī famous master / great teacher syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 恩师 恩師 ēn shī (greatly respected) teacher 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 婆家 pó jia husband's family syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 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 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents / parents-in-law syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 教鞭 jiào biān teacher's pointer 答疑 dá yí to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 师长 師長 shī zhǎng military division level commander / teacher syn 任课 任課 rèn kè to give classes / to work as a teacher syn 夫婿 fū xù (literary) husband syn 伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 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 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 师范学校 師範學校 shī fàn xué xiào teacher-training school syn 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) syn 人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband syn 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 进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 师范学院 師範學院 shī fàn xué yuàn teacher's college / normal school 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 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) 老儿 老兒 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 师尊 師尊 shī zūn teacher / master 语文老师 語文老師 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher 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 不伦 不倫 bù lún (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 幼师 幼師 yòu shī preschool teacher (abbr. for 幼兒教師|幼儿教师[you4er2 jiao4shi1]) 相夫教子 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 鸾凤 鸞鳳 luán fèng luan and phoenix / husband and wife / virtuous person / sovereign / belle syn 梁漱溟 liáng shù míng Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition 姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt syn 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 