师傅

Meaning(noun)

master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men

Measure words: 个、位、名

Examples

• 师傅，去火车站多少钱？

  shī fu, qù huǒ chē zhàn duō shǎo qián?

  Driver, how much to the train station?

• 王师傅在工厂工作二十年了。

  wáng shī fu zài gōng chǎng gōng zuò èr shí nián le.

  Master Wang has worked at the factory for twenty years.

• 新来的工人跟着师傅学技术。

  xīn lái de gōng rén gēn zhe shī fu xué jì shù.

  The new workers learn the skills from the master craftsman.

Easily confused

• 师父 — 师父 is a martial-arts master, monk or mentor; 师傅 is for skilled workers, drivers, tradespeople.

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