師徒

Chinese

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	apprentice; disciple
trad. (師徒)		師	徒
simp. (师徒)		师	徒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shītú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shītú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihtú
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-tʻu²
  - Yale: shr̄-tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shytwu
  - Palladius: шиту (šitu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si¹ tou⁴
  - Yale: sī tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    司徒
    師徒 / 师徒

Middle Chinese: srij du

Rime
Character	師	徒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	疏夷切	同都切
Baxter	srij	du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪ/	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚi/	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɪ/	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂji/	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/ʃji/	/do/
Wang Li	/ʃi/	/du/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi/	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹	tou⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*srij [d]ˤa/

(Zhengzhang): /*sri l'aː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	師	徒
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī	tú
Middle Chinese	‹ srij ›	‹ du ›
Old Chinese	/*srij/	/*[d]ˁa/
English	master	go on foot
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	師	徒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11433	12494
Phonetic component	師	徒
Rime group	脂	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	師	徒
Old Chinese	/*sri/	/*l'aː/

Noun

師徒

master and disciple; teacher and apprentice
- 私學成群，謂之師徒。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  私学成群，谓之师徒。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE
  Sīxué chéngqún, wèi zhī shītú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Classical) troops; soldiers
(Classical) army

Synonyms

(troops):

兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
兵員 / 兵员 (bīngyuán)
兵士 (bīngshì)
兵跤仔 (Hokkien, dated)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
士兵 (shìbīng)
士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)
戰士 / 战士 (zhànshì)
旌旗 (jīngqí) (figurative, literary)
武人 (wǔrén)
武士 (wǔshì)
武夫 (wǔfū) (literary)
營兵 / 营兵 (Hokkien, dated)
甲士 (jiǎshì) (archaic)
軍人 / 军人 (jūnrén)
軍士 / 军士 (jūnshì)
部卒 (bùzú) (dated)

(army):

戎行 (róngháng) (literary)
武裝 / 武装 (wǔzhuāng)
行伍 (hángwǔ) (dated or historical)
軍旅 / 军旅 (jūnlǚ) (literary)
軍隊 / 军队 (jūnduì)
部下 (bùxià) (troops under one's command)
部屬 / 部属 (bùshǔ) (troops under one's command)
部眾 / 部众 (bùzhòng) (literary, troops under one's command)
部隊 / 部队 (bùduì)
隊伍 / 队伍 (duìwǔ)
隊列 / 队列 (duìliè) (formation)
麾下 (huīxià) (archaic, troops under one's command)