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Supervisor in Chinese

supervisor · HSK 6

导师 dǎo shī

  1. 导 dǎo to lead
  2. 师 shī teacher

Counted with 位: 一位导师 yí wèi dǎoshī

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How do you say supervisor in Chinese?

Supervisor in Chinese is 导师 (dǎo shī). You can also say 监督 (jiān dū), 主管 (zhǔ guǎn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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