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教授jiào shòuprofessor

HSK 4word

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教授 (jiào shòu) means "professor." It is a title for a university teacher and can follow a surname like a form of address, as in 大学教授 (a university professor). Read as jiào shòu here; the verb reading jiāo shòu ("to teach a subject") is not the syllabus word.

What does 教授 mean?

  1. 1.

    professornoun

What do the characters in 教授 mean?

  • 教(bound form) to teach; to instruct
  • 授(bound form) to teach; to instruct

How do you use 教授?

教授 can follow a surname as a title (e.g. 张教授); its usual measure word is 位.

What are some examples of 教授 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 1

    他是大学教授。

    Tā shì dàxué jiàoshòu.

    He is a university professor.

  2. HSK 3

    我们的教授很年轻。

    Wǒmen de jiàoshòu hěn niánqīng.

    Our professor is very young.

  3. HSK 2

    这位教授教中文。

    Zhè wèi jiàoshòu jiāo Zhōngwén.

    This professor teaches Chinese.

How is 教授 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你认识那位教授吗？

    Nǐ rènshi nà wèi jiàoshòu ma?

    Do you know that professor?

  2. Speaker B:

    认识，他是我们学校的历史教授。

    Rènshi, tā shì wǒmen xuéxiào de lìshǐ jiàoshòu.

    Yes, he's a history professor at our school.

  3. Speaker A:

    他的课难不难？

    Tā de kè nán bu nán?

    Are his classes hard?

  4. Speaker B:

    不难，他讲得很有意思。

    Bù nán, tā jiǎng de hěn yǒu yìsi.

    Not hard; he explains things in a very interesting way.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.