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导师

dǎoshī

“Tutor” in Chinese is 导师 (dǎoshī).

Meaning

  • tutor
  • teacher
  • academic advisor

Example

他是数学系的导师。

He is a tutor for the math department.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 倒是 (dàoshì, contrary to what one might expect)