私教

sījiào

noun

Measure Word

一位私教 wèi

Meanings

1 personal trainer (gym)
2 private tutor (esp. fitness)

Characters

private, personal

to teach, teacher

Examples

HSK 4

请私教能让动作更标准。

Qǐng sījiào néng ràng dòngzuò gèng biāozhǔn.

Hiring a personal trainer helps your form be more correct.

HSK 6

健身房的私教一直向我推销课程。

Jiànshēnfáng de sījiào yìzhí xiàng wǒ tuīxiāo kèchéng.

The trainer at the gym keeps pitching packages to me.

HSK 7-9

我报了十节私教课。

Wǒ bào le shí jié sījiào kè.

I signed up for ten personal training sessions.

Tips

culture

私教 almost always means fitness personal trainer in everyday Chinese, a role notorious for aggressive upselling inside Chinese gyms. Cost runs from around 200 to 800+ yuan per session. By contrast 家教 is the academic private tutor.

Stroke Order

私 sī

教 jiāo