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

我报了十节私教课。

Wǒ bào le shí jié sījiào kè.

I signed up for ten personal training sessions.

健身房的私教一直向我推销课程。

Jiànshēnfáng de sījiào yīzhí xiàng wǒ tuīxiāo kèchéng.

The trainer at the gym keeps pitching packages to me.

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.

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 (jiājiào) is the academic private tutor.

Stroke Order

私 sī

教 jiāo