教工 (jiāo) — teaching and administrative staff

Definition

Refers to all teaching and administrative staff at a school — not just teachers. Use 教职工 only in formal/institutional contexts; for 'teacher' on its own use 老师.

noun

teaching and administrative staff

Measure word · 位

Examples

教工。
Zhè suǒ dà xué de jiāo fēi cháng jìng yè.
The teaching and administrative staff at this university are very dedicated.
教工。
Quán tǐ jiāo cān jiā le nián dù péi xùn.
All faculty and staff participated in the annual training.
教工。
Xué xiào yǒu sān bǎi duō míng jiāo.
The school has more than 300 teaching and administrative staff members.

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