授 - shòu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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授

shòu

Definition

to teach
to instruct
to award
to give

Character Decomposition

Related words (38)

授业

shòu yè

to teach; to bequeath

授乳

shòu rǔ

lactation; breast-feeding

to award; to confer

appointment (to a job); to be appointed (to high office); to accept an appointment; entrusted with responsibilities; same as 授任

授信

shòu xìn

to extend credit (finance); credit

to award an honor

to give and accept

to give orders

to award a prize

to inspire; to incite

授时

shòu shí

to broadcast a time signal

to authorize

pollination

insemination

rank of professor; academic title

授计

shòu jì

to confide a plan to sb

授证

shòu zhèng

to deliver (a diploma, licence etc); to qualify

授课

shòu kè

to teach; to give lessons

warrant (law)

scope of authority; mandate

授人以鱼不如授人以渔

shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; knowledge is the best charity

传授

chuán shòu

to impart; to pass on; to teach

函授

hán shòu

to teach by correspondence

指授

zhǐ shòu

to instruct; to direct

教授

jiào shòu

professor (university); to teach; to instruct; to lecture on

讲授

jiǎng shòu

to lecture; to teach (a college course)

to delegate

to teach face to face; to instruct in person

颁授

bān shòu

to confer (e.g. diploma); to award

副教授

fù jiào shòu

associate professor (university post)

临危授命

lín wēi shòu mìng

to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

人工授精

rén gōng shòu jīng

artificial insemination

open university

correspondence course

客座教授

kè zuò jiào shòu

visiting professor; guest professor

指导教授

zhǐ dǎo jiào shòu

adviser; advising professor

荣誉教授

róng yù jiào shòu

emeritus professor

男女授受不亲

nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn

men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)

Idioms (3)

授人以柄

shòu rén yǐ bǐng

to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom); to give someone a hold on oneself

授之以鱼不如授之以渔

shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)

面授机宜

miàn shòu jī yí

to give direct instructions on the way to deal with a matter; to brief personally (idiom)

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