学徒 (xué tú) — apprentice (a person learning a trade under a skilled worker); trainee (in vocational or industrial settings)

Definition

Examples

• 他十六岁就开始当学徒了。
  Tā shí liù suì jiù kāi shǐ dāng xué tú le.
  He started as an apprentice at the age of sixteen.
• 这位老工匠收了三个学徒。
  Zhè wèi lǎo gōng jiàng shōu le sān gè xué tú.
  This old craftsman took on three apprentices.
• 现在很多工厂都招聘学徒。
  Xiàn zài hěn duō gōng chǎng dōu zhāo pìn xué tú.
  Nowadays many factories recruit apprentices.