teacher; Mr.; husband
Meanings
6 senses · 11 examplesnoun
teacher (respectful term)
Used as a respectful term for a teacher or instructor.
Mr. Li is our Chinese teacher.
I would like to ask the teacher a question.
noun
Mr.; sir; gentleman
honorificUsed as a title before surnames (e.g., 王先生) or as a polite address for adult men.
Hello, Mr. Wang!
Sir, may I ask what assistance you need?
noun
husband (used with pronoun modifier)
Always used with a possessive pronoun (我, 你, 她, etc.) before it. Cannot stand alone without a modifier in this sense.
Her husband has gone on a business trip.
My husband is not at home.
noun
doctor (dialectal)
dialectRegional usage, primarily found in some southern dialect areas.
Please ask the doctor to come and see the illness.
noun
accountant; bookkeeper (archaic)
archaicHistorical usage in traditional shops and businesses.
He worked as an accountant in the trading firm.
Accountants in the old days had to know how to use an abacus.
noun
fortune teller; geomancer; storyteller (archaic occupational term)
archaicRefers to various traditional folk practitioners.
The fortune teller said he would get rich this year.
The stories told by the storyteller were wonderful.