常師

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (常師)		常	師
simp. (常师)		常	师

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángshī

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángshih
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-shih¹
  - Yale: cháng-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngshy
  - Palladius: чанши (čanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ si¹
  - Yale: sèuhng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Noun

常師

(literary) regular teacher
- 夫子焉不學，而亦何常師之有？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  夫子焉不学，而亦何常师之有？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Fūzǐ yān bù xué, ér yì hé chángshī zhī yǒu? [Pinyin]
  Where could our Master go that he should not have an opportunity of learning them? And yet what necessity was there for his having a regular master?"
- 聖人無常師。孔子師郯子、萇弘、師襄、老聃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  圣人无常师。孔子师郯子、苌弘、师襄、老聃。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th–9th century, Han Yu, 師說
  Shèngrén wú chángshī. Kǒngzǐ shī Tán Zǐ, Cháng Hóng, Shī Xiāng, Lǎo Dān. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)