| 师 | shī | teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops |
| 师傅 | shī fu | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:个,位,名 |
| 师生 | shī shēng | teachers and students |
| 师长 | shī zhǎng | military division level commander; teacher |
| 师范 | shī fàn | teacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) |
| 师母 | shī mǔ | term of respect for your teacher's wife |
| 师资 | shī zī | qualified teachers; teachers |
| 师徒 | shī tú | master and disciple |
| 师弟 | shī dì | young disciple (of the same master); younger or junior male schoolmate |
| 师兄 | shī xiōng | senior (of the same master) |
| 师出有名 | shī chū yǒu míng | lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom); to do something with good reason; to have just cause |
| 师出无名 | shī chū wú míng | lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom); to act without justification |
| 师友 | shī yǒu | friend who you can seek advice |
| 师古 | shī gǔ | following the ways of old; in imitation of ancient style |
| 师大 | shī dà | abbr. for 师范大学, Normal University; teacher-training college |
| 师宗 | Shī zōng | Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan |
| 师宗县 | Shī zōng xiàn | Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan |
| 师父 | shī fu | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker |
师父领进门，
修行在个人 | shī fu lǐng jìn mén ,
xiū xíng zài gè rén | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you; you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink |
| 师范大学 | shī fàn dà xué | Normal University; teacher-training college |
| 师范学院 | shī fàn xué yuàn | teacher's college; normal school |
| 师表 | shī biǎo | paragon of virtue and learning; exemplary character |
