班主任

Chinese

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	director; chairman; supervisor director; chairman; supervisor; officer
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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pan-chú-līm / pan-chú-jīm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹ zu² rim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānzhǔrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banjhǔrèn
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-chu³-jên⁴
    • Yale: bān-jǔ-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banjuurenn
    • Palladius: баньчжужэнь (banʹčžužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ zyu² jam⁶
    • Yale: bāan jyú yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ dzy² jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ju² yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ t͡syː³⁵ jɐm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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 d͡zim²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang¹ zu² rim⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang tsú jĭm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³⁻²³ t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zim³⁵/

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)