傅 fù teacher
怎么记住“傅”: 亻 person + 尃 to announce = teacher. In the cooking class, one person claps his hands to announce the next step and shows everyone how to knead, because he is the teacher.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
傅 = 亻 person + 尃 to announce
- 亻 person meaning
- 尃 to announce sound
In the cooking class, one person claps his hands to announce the next step and shows everyone how to knead, because he is the teacher.
How it came to be
The person gives the meaning and the right part the sound: at first, someone who helps.
用法
- Today mainly in 师傅 (shīfu), a respectful term for a skilled worker or master: drivers, cooks, repairmen.
- You address a stranger doing manual/skilled work as 师傅: 师傅，到火车站多少钱? (shīfu, dào huǒchēzhàn duōshao qián?) Master, how much to the train station?
- Distinguish from 老师 (lǎoshī, teacher): 师傅 is for tradespeople and craft masters, not classroom teachers.