师大 (shī dà) — normal university (abbreviation for 师范大学, teacher training university)

Definition

师大 is the everyday spoken abbreviation for 师范大学 (normal/teacher-training university), especially in school names (北师大, 华师大). It is NOT a synonym for 普通大学.

noun
normal university (abbreviation for 师范大学, teacher training university)
Measure word · 所

Examples

  • 师大。
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù shī dà dú shū.
    I want to study at a normal university next year.
  • 师大。
    Tā cóng shī dà bì yè hòu dāng le yì míng lǎo shī.
    After graduating from normal university, she became a teacher.
  • 师大。
    shī dà De shī fàn zhuān yè zài quán guó hěn yǒu míng.
    The teacher training programs at normal universities are well-known nationwide.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

师shīteacher
大dàuniversity

师 means teacher or normal and 大 stands for university, together naming a teacher-training university.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

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