Chinese Teachers’ Day Greetings, Wishes, Messages & Common Phrases

Today is Chinese Teachers’ Day (教师节, Jiàoshī jié). Although not an official holiday, Teachers’ Day is a very important day in China. In 2022, the Teachers’ Day falls on the same day as the Mid-Autumn Festival, an official holiday. So, the Teachers’ Day turned out to be a holiday. 😉

• Teachers’ Day: 教师节 (Jiàoshī jié).

In this post, I will also share with you a brief history of China’s Teachers’ Day, as well as must-know greetings, messages, wishes, and common phrases for Chinese Teachers’ Day in English, Pinyin, and Simplified Chinese characters (this page/site contains affiliate links; see Affiliate disclosure).

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When is Chinese Teacher’s Day every year?

The development of human civilization is inseparable from the knowledge imparted by teachers. Teachers’ Day not only affirms the importance of the teaching profession, but also encourages teachers who work hard to promote education. In China, respecting teachers has been a tradition spanning over thousands of years.

Chinese Teacher’s Day in 2022 is September 10th (Friday) in the Gregorian calendar, which is the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.

However, in the past, China had Teachers’ Day on other dates.

A quick history.

In 1931, educator Tai Shuangqiu (邰爽秋) and others issued a declaration on “Improving Teachers’ Treatment, Guaranteeing Teachers’ Work, and Improving Teachers’ Self-cultivation”, and requested that June 6 be designated as Teachers’ Day, also known as the Double Sixth Festival.

Later, Teachers’ Day was changed to Confucius’ birthday (27^th of the eighth month in the lunar calendar), by the government at that time.

In 1951, the International Labor Day on May 1 was regarded as the Chinese Teacher’s Day. But due to the lack of the teachers’ characteristic of the Labor Day, the date was not ideal.

On March 1981, at the fourth meeting of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, 17 CPPCC members of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy jointly submitted a proposal: a proposal to determine the date and content of the National Teacher’s Day.

In January 1985, the Premier of the State Council put forward a proposal to establish Teachers’ Day at the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed this proposal and designated September 10 as Teachers’ Day every year.

That is to say, in 1985, Teachers’ Day was changed again.

Specifically, on January 21, 1985, September 10 of each year was designated as Teachers’ Day.

Since then, Teachers’ Day is on September 10 every year.

On September 10, 1985, teachers across the country celebrated their first Teacher’s Day.

Officially, Teachers’ Day in 2022 is the 38^th Teachers’ Day in China.

Chinese Teachers’ Day Greetings, Messages, Common Phrases

1. Happy Teachers’ Day. 老师节快乐 (Lǎoshī jié kuàilè) – informal one.
2. Happy Teachers’ Day. 教师节快乐 (Jiàoshī jié kuàilè) – formal one.
3. Happy Teachers’ Day: 老师节日快乐 (Lǎoshī jiérì kuàilè).
4. Happy Teachers’ Day: 老师节日快乐, 教师节快乐 (Lǎoshī jiérì kuàilè, jiàoshī jié kuàilè).
5. I wish my beloved teacher a happy holiday. 祝敬爱的老师节日快乐 (Zhù jìng’ài de lǎoshī jiérì kuàilè).
6. I sincerely wish you a good mood every day! 衷心祝愿你天天好心情 (Zhōngxīn zhùyuàn nǐ tiāntiān hǎo xīnqíng).
7. The teacher’s kindness is like the deep sea. 师恩似海深 (Shī ēn sì hǎi shēn).

Long Greeting Phrases

• On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, I wish the teachers a happy holiday and good health! 教师节来临之际,祝老师们节日愉快，身体健康 (Jiàoshī jié láilín zhī jì, zhù lǎoshīmen jiérì yúkuài, shēntǐ jiànkāng).
• Dear teacher, I hope you can have a sunny smile and a healthy body every day. 敬爱的老师,希望您能每天拥有阳光般的笑容,和健康的体魄 (Jìng’ài de lǎoshī, xīwàng nín néng měitiān yǒngyǒu yángguāng bān de xiàoróng, hé jiànkāng de tǐpò).
• Teacher, thank you for caring for each of us with your heart. 老师，感谢您用心关爱我们每一个人 (Lǎoshī, gǎnxiè nín yòngxīn guān’ài wǒmen měi yīgè rén).
• Teacher, your encouraging language has always inspired me to move forward! Thank you! 老师，您那鼓励性的语言一直激励着 我前进的步伐!谢谢您 (Lǎoshī, nín nà gǔlì xìng de yǔyán yīzhí jīlìzhe wǒ qiánjìn de bùfá! Xièxiè nín).

• Without your generosity, I would not be where I am today. Thank you so much, dear teacher. 没有您的慷慨奉献，哪有我收获的今天。十二万分地感谢您,敬爱的老师 (Méiyǒu nín de kāngkǎi fèngxiàn, nǎ yǒu wǒ shōuhuò de jīntiān. Shí’èr wàn fēn de gǎnxiè nín, jìng’ài de lǎoshī).
• Although I am not your best student, you are my best teacher. 我虽然不是你最好的学生，但你是我最好的老师 (Wǒ suīrán bùshì nǐ zuì hǎo de xuéshēng, dàn nǐ shì wǒ zuì hǎo de lǎoshī).
• Every year, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on 10^th September. 每年的教师节是9月10号 (Měinián de jiàoshī jié shì 9 yuè 10 hào).
• Teachers’ Day in 2022 is the thirty-eighth Teachers’ Day in China. 2022年的教师节是中国的第三十八个教师节 (2022 Nián de jiàoshī jié shì zhōngguó de dì sānshíbā gè jiàoshī jié).