miànshòu

面授

Word · Verb

teach/instruct face-to-face

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

verb

to instruct personally and face-to-face

formal

Often used for imparting strategies, secrets, or important instructions in a direct manner.

Jiào教
liàn练
zhèng正
zài在
xiàng向
duì队
yuán员
men们
miàn面
shòu授
jī机
yí宜
 。

The coach is personally instructing the team members on tactics.

Shī师
fu父
jiāng将
zhè这
mén门
shǒu手
yì艺
dāng当
miàn面
shòu授
gěi给
le了
tā他
de的
guān关
mén门
dì弟
zǐ子
 。

The master personally taught this craft to his last disciple.

2.

verb

to teach face-to-face in a classroom setting

formal

Primarily used in educational contexts to refer to in-person teaching, as opposed to correspondence or distance learning.

Zhè这
suǒ所
dà大
xué学
duì对
hán函
shòu授
xué学
yuán员
měi每
xué学
qī期
miàn面
shòu授
yī一
zhōu周
 。

This university provides one week of face-to-face teaching per semester for its correspondence students.

Yì疫
qíng情
qī期
jiān间
 ,
dà大
bù部
fèn分
miàn面
shòu授
kè课
chéng程
zhuǎn转
wéi为
le了
xiàn线
shàng上
jiào教
xué学
 。

During the pandemic, most face-to-face courses were switched to online teaching.

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Miàn面
shòu授
de的
xiào效
guǒ果
tōng通
cháng常
bǐ比
hán函
shòu授
yào要
hǎo好
 。

The effectiveness of face-to-face teaching is usually better than that of correspondence courses.