| 师 | shī | teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops |
| 教师 | jiào shī | teacher; CL:个 |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher; CL:个,位 |
| 师傅 | shī fu | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:个,位,名 |
| 工程师 | gōng chéng shī | engineer; CL:个,位,名 |
| 律师 | lǜ shī | lawyer |
| 导师 | dǎo shī | tutor; teacher; academic advisor |
| 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) |
| 京师 | jīng shī | capital of a country (literary) |
| 大师 | dà shī | great master; master |
| 医师 | yī shī | doctor |
| 厨师 | chú shī | cook; chef |
| 水师 | shuǐ shī | navy (in Qing times) |
| 会师 | huì shī | to collaborate; to join forces; to effect a junction |
| 师母 | shī mǔ | term of respect for your teacher's wife |
| 牧师 | mù shī | chaplain; churchman; clergyman; parson; pastor; priest; rector |
| 技师 | jì shī | technician; technical expert |
| 讲师 | jiǎng shī | instructor; lecturer |
| 出师 | chū shī | to finish apprenticeship; to graduate; to send out troops (under a commander) |
| 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 |
| 法师 | fǎ shī | one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) |
| 师兄 | shī xiōng | senior (of the same master) |
| 誓师 | shì shī | to vow before one's troops |
| 太师 | tài shī | imperial tutor |
| 禅师 | chán shī | honorific title for a Buddhist monk |
| 一字之师 | yī zì zhī shī | one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master |
一日为师，
终身为父 | yī rì wéi shī ,
zhōng shēn wéi fù | lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom) |
三人行，
则必有我师 | sān rén xíng ,
zé bì yǒu wǒ shī | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) |
三人行，
必有我师 | sān rén xíng ,
bì yǒu wǒ shī | lit. If three walk together, one should be my teacher (idiom, from Confucian analects). You have sth to learn from everyone.; also translated as: If three of us walk together, at least one of the other two is good enough to be my teacher. |
| 三藏法师 | Sān zàng fǎ shī | Tripitaka (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645; same as 玄奘 |
| 中等师范学校 | zhōng děng shī fàn xué xiào | normal (i.e. pedagogical) middle school |
| 事务律师 | shì wù lǜ shī | solicitor (law) |
| 事务所律师 | shì wù suǒ lǜ shī | office lawyer |
| 伽师 | Jiā shī | Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 伽师县 | Jiā shī xiàn | Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 保惠师 | bǎo huì shī | comforter |
| 偃师 | Yǎn shī | Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛阳, Henan |
| 偃师市 | Yǎn shī shì | Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛阳, Henan |
| 偏师 | piān shī | military auxiliaries (archaic) |
| 分析师 | fēn xī shī | analyst; commentator |
前事不忘，
后事之师 | qián shì bù wàng ,
hòu shì zhī shī | don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience |
| 化学师 | huà xué shī | chemist; apothecary |
| 北京师范大学 | Běi jīng shī fàn dà xué | Beijing Normal University |
| 北师 | Běi shī | Beijing Normal University; abbr. for 北京师范大学 |
| 北洋水师 | Běi yáng shuǐ shī | north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan) |
| 占星师 | zhān xīng shī | astrologer |
