shàoshī
junior preceptor
- junior preceptor
- (bound form) an ancient high-ranking government official who assisted the senior preceptors in advising the emperor; the highest position among the "three junior preceptors" mentioned alongside 少保 shàobǎo and 少傅 shàofù
- assistant music official
- (bound form) an assistant or deputy official in charge of music in ancient Chinese courts
- retired scholar
- (bound form) a literary term for an elderly scholar who has retired to his home village after the age of seventy
- Shaoshi
- (bound form) a Chinese compound surname