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Chinese symbol for “lecturer”

讲师
jiǎng shī
Traditional: 講師
instructor; lecturer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lecturer is 讲师 (jiǎng shī), defined as: instructor; lecturer.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

讲 jiǎng
talk, speech, lecture; to speak, to explain
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes
师 shī
teacher, professional, master
radical 50 ⼱ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 讲师.

WordPinyinMeaning
讲话 (講話)jiǎng huàa speech; to speak
演讲 (演講)yǎn jiǎngto give a lecture; to make a speech
讲述 (講述)jiǎng shùto talk about; to narrate; to give an account
讲座 (講座)jiǎng zuòcourse of lectures; lecture series; chair (academic position)
来讲 (來講)lái jiǎngas to; considering
讲究 (講究)jiǎng jiuto pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher
教师 (教師)jiào shīteacher; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “lecturer”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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