How to pronounce shifu

shifu (master) is 师父 in Chinese, written shīfu in pinyin and said shr-foo.

师父 shīfu

shr-foo

Sound by sound

After z, c, s, zh, ch, sh and r, the i is no “ee”: the first sound is held on, like a buzz.

shifu (master) is 师父 in Chinese, written shīfu in pinyin and said shr-foo.

shī: first tone, high and level; fu: neutral tone, light and short.

After z, c, s, zh, ch, sh and r, the i is no “ee”: the first sound is held on, like a buzz.

Voices recorded for our word cards. A spelling such as “shyow-mee” is the nearest English sound, not the sound itself: hear the voices.