師傅

See also: 师傅

Chinese

		teacher; master	tutor; instructor
trad. (師傅)		師	傅
simp. (师傅)		师	傅
alternative forms		師阜／师阜 Hokkien 司父 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shīfu, shīfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄕ ㄈㄨˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыфу (sɨfu, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ fu^6-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂-fu

  (Hailu, HRS): sii^ˋ fu^˖

• Eastern Min (BUC): să-hô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sai-hū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se¹ hu³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-vu; ¹sy-wu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihfů
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-fu⁵
    • Yale: shr̄-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.fu
    • Palladius: шифу (šifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu²/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 師傅／师傅 師父／师父

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihfù
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyfuh
    • Palladius: шифу (šifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыфу (sɨfu, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²⁴ fou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ fu^6-2
    • Yale: sī fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ fu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ fu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ fuː²²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 師傅／师傅 師父／师父 獅虎／狮虎

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ fu^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵³ fu³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: să-hô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ou²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-hū
    • Tâi-lô: sai-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sai'hu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² hu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ hu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se¹ hu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ hù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³³⁻²³ hu²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-vu; ¹sy-wu
    • MiniDict: sy^平 vu; sy^平 wu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-vu; ¹sr-hhu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ vu²¹/, /sz̩⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: srij pjuH

Rime
Character	師	傅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疏夷切	方遇切
Baxter	srij	pjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiɪ/	/pɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚi/	/pioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɪ/	/pioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂji/	/puə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʃji/	/pioH/
Wang Li	/ʃi/	/pĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi/	/pi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī	fù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	fu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*srij  p(r)a(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sri  paɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	師	傅
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shī	fù
Middle Chinese	‹ srij ›	‹ pjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*srij/	/*p(r)a(ʔ)-s/
English	master	teacher
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	傅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11433	3457
Phonetic component	師	甫
Rime group	脂	暮
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	師	付
Old Chinese	/*sri/	/*paɡs/

Noun

師傅

1. teacher; master; sifu; shifu (usually of a trade)

   賣肉的師傅毫不保留地講解讓刀飛快起來的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, trad.]
   卖肉的师傅毫不保留地讲解让刀飞快起来的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mài ròu de shīfù háobù bǎoliú de jiǎngjiě ràng dāo fēikuài qǐlái de módāo miàozhāo. [Pinyin]

   The butcher explained without reservation how to sharpen a knife.

   唱歌不怯歌師傅，扒船不怯亂岩窩。 [Waxiang, trad.]
   唱歌不怯歌师傅，扒船不怯乱岩窝。 [Waxiang, simp.]

   [t͡sʰɔŋ²² ku⁵⁵ pa¹³ t͡ɕʰyɛʔ⁵³ kuɪ⁵⁵ sa⁵⁵ fu²², po¹³ d͡zuɛ¹³ pa¹³ t͡ɕʰyɛʔ⁵³ d͡zoŋ¹³ ŋa⁵⁵ u⁵⁵] [IPA]

   You won't be scared by the song experts when you are singing; you won't be scared by the piles of rocks when you are paddling the boat.

2. polite form of address for an adult
3. polite way to address a skilled worker (carpenter, plumber etc.) or craftsman
4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) monosodium glutamate; MSG

   • 直至今天，森美仍然堅持這種原汁原味的做法，比起很多西餐廳「靠師傅食糊」認真得多。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     直至今天，森美仍然坚持这种原汁原味的做法，比起很多西餐厅「靠师傅食糊」认真得多。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017, 李嘉雯, 《得閒飲西茶》, page 66

     zik⁶ zi³ gam¹ tin¹, sam¹ mei⁵ jing⁴ jin⁴ gin¹ ci⁴ ze² zung² jyun⁴ zap¹ jyun⁴ mei⁶ dik¹ zou⁶ faat³, bei² hei² han² do¹ sai¹ caan¹ teng¹ “kaau³ si¹ fu^6-2 sik⁶ wu^4-2” jing⁶ zan¹ dak¹ do¹. [Jyutping]

     Until today, Sammy still adheres to this original method, which is more serious compared to many Western restaurants that "rely on the master".

Usage notes

Usually, 師父／师父 (shīfu) is used to refer to martial arts teachers and Buddhist monks or nuns, while 師傅／师傅 (shīfu) is used to refer to a master or teacher of a trade.

Synonyms

• (monosodium glutamate):

Dialectal synonyms of 味精 (“monosodium glutamate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		味精, 味素, 穀氨酸鈉 Mainland, 麩胺酸鈉 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	味精
	Harbin	味之素 dated
	Singapore	味精
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	味之素
	Guiyang	味精
	Guilin	味精
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	味之素 dated
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	味之素
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味精, 味粉
	Hong Kong	味精, 師傅 slang
	Taishan	味之素
Gan	Nanchang	味之素
	Pingxiang	味精
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	味素
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	味素
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	味素
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	甜粉
Jin	Taiyuan	味精
Northern Min	Jian'ou	味四素, 味精
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	味素
	Matsu	味素
Southern Min	Xiamen	味素粉
	Quanzhou	味素粉
	Zhangzhou	味素, 味素粉
	Pinghe	味素粉
	Zhangpu	味素粉
	Taipei	味素
	Taipei (Wanhua)	味素
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	味素
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	味素
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	味素
	Kaohsiung	味素
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	味素
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	味素
	Yilan	味素
	Yilan (Toucheng)	味素
	Changhua (Lukang)	味素
	Taichung	味素
	Taichung (Wuqi)	味素
	Tainan	味素, 味素粉
	Tainan (Anping)	味素
	Taitung	味素
	Hsinchu	味素
	Kinmen	味素粉
	Penghu (Magong)	味素
	Penghu (Xiyu)	味素
	Penang (Hokkien)	味素粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	味精
	Manila (Hokkien)	味精
	Jieyang	味素
	Wenchang	味精
	Singapore (Hainanese)	味精
Wu	Shanghai	味之素, 味精
	Shanghai (Chongming)	味之素
	Suzhou	味之素
	Hangzhou	味精
	Ningbo	味之素
	Wenzhou	味之素 dated
Xiang	Changsha	味子素

Derived terms

• 大師傅／大师傅
• 理髮師傅／理发师傅
• 篦頭師傅／篦头师傅
• 老師傅／老师傅
• 裱褙師傅／裱褙师傅

 

See also

• 師父／师父 (shīfu)