教授

See also: 敎授

Chinese

		teach; teaching; religion	to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give
trad. (教授)		教	授
simp. #(教授)		教	授

Etymology

Sense "to teach; to instruct" attestable in pre-Qin texts and still used in modern Chinese. Sense of "professor" is wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 教授(きょうじゅ) (kyōju).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàoshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaau³ sau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau¹ siu⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kau-su
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kàu-siū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ga³ siu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàoshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàoshòu
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-shou⁴
    • Yale: jyàu-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawshow
    • Palladius: цзяошоу (czjaošou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàoshòur
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàoshòur
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-shou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyàu-shòur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawshowl
    • Palladius: цзяошоур (czjaošour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³ sau⁶
    • Yale: gaau sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ sɐu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau¹ siu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³ siu³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau⁴ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-siū
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaosiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ siu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau¹¹⁻⁵³ siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²¹⁻⁴¹ siu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga³ siu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kà siŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siu³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 教授

1. professor

   盧卡斯數學教授席位 [MSC, trad.]
   卢卡斯数学教授席位 [MSC, simp.]

   lúkǎsī shùxué jiàoshòu xíwèi [Pinyin]

   Lucasian Professor of Mathematics

   白天是教授，晚上是禽獸 [MSC, trad.]
   白天是教授，晚上是禽兽 [MSC, simp.]

   báitiān shì jiàoshòu, wǎnshang shì qínshòu [Pinyin]

   professor by day, beast by night

Verb

教授

1. to teach; to instruct

Synonyms

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• 傳授／传授 (chuánshòu)
• 傳教／传教 (chuánjiāo)
• 指授 (zhǐshòu) (literary)
• 教導／教导 (jiàodǎo)
• 教練／教练 (jiàoliàn)
• 教習／教习 (jiàoxí) (literary)
• 教育 (jiàoyù)
• 教訓／教训 (jiàoxùn)
• 教誨／教诲 (jiàohuì) (formal)
• 教識／教识 (gaau³ sik¹) (Cantonese)
• 施教 (shījiào) (literary)
• 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訓誨／训诲 (xùnhuì) (literary, chiefly of superiors to subordinates, or old to young)
• 講授／讲授 (jiǎngshòu)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
教	授
きょう Grade: 2	じゅ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

教(きょう)授(じゅ) • (kyōju) 

1. professor
2. instruction, teaching

Synonyms

• プロフェッサー (purofessā)

Related terms

• 大学(だいがく) (daigaku)
• 先生(せんせい) (sensei)
• 学生(がくせい) (gakusei)

Verb

教(きょう)授(じゅ)する • (kyōju suru) transitive suru (stem 教(きょう)授(じゅ)し (kyōju shi), past 教(きょう)授(じゅ)した (kyōju shita))

1. to instruct, to teach

Conjugation

Conjugation of "教授する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	教授し	きょうじゅし	kyōju shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	教授し	きょうじゅし	kyōju shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	教授する	きょうじゅする	kyōju suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	教授する	きょうじゅする	kyōju suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	教授すれ	きょうじゅすれ	kyōju sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	教授せよ¹ 教授しろ²	きょうじゅせよ¹ きょうじゅしろ²	kyōju seyo¹ kyōju shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	教授される	きょうじゅされる	kyōju sareru
Causative	教授させる 教授さす	きょうじゅさせる きょうじゅさす	kyōju saseru kyōju sasu
Potential	教授できる	きょうじゅできる	kyōju dekiru
Volitional	教授しよう	きょうじゅしよう	kyōju shiyō
Negative	教授しない	きょうじゅしない	kyōju shinai
Negative continuative	教授せず	きょうじゅせず	kyōju sezu
Formal	教授します	きょうじゅします	kyōju shimasu
Perfective	教授した	きょうじゅした	kyōju shita
Conjunctive	教授して	きょうじゅして	kyōju shite
Hypothetical conditional	教授すれば	きょうじゅすれば	kyōju sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
教	授

Noun

教授 • (gyosu) (hangeul 교수)

1. Alternative form of 敎授 (“instruction; professor”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
教	授

Noun

教授

1. chữ Hán form of giáo thụ.