班主任

班主任

Chinese

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	director; chairman; supervisor
trad. (班主任)		班	主任
simp. #(班主任)		班	主任

Etymology

Calque of Russian кла́ссный руководи́тель (klássnyj rukovodítelʹ).

In Mainland China and Hong Kong, students' activities are organised by class units (班), and every class has an assigned class teacher (班主任) who is in charge of supervising all aspects of the school life of students in the class. This system was modelled after the education system in the Soviet Union.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānzhǔrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ zyu² jam⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pan-chú-līm / pan-chú-jīm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bānzhǔrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banjuurenn
    • IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ zyu² jam⁶
    • Yale: bāan jyú yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ dzy² jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ju² yem⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /päːn⁵⁵ t͡ʃyː³⁵ jɐm²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-chú-līm
    • Tâi-lô: pan-tsú-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: panzwlim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-chú-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: pan-tsú-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: panzwjim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑim²²/

Noun

班主任

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) teacher in charge of a class; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form master

Synonyms

• 級任／级任 (jírèn)