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Sensei

The term "先生", read sensei in Japanese, xiansheng in Chinese, seonsaeng in Korean, and tiên sinh in Vietnamese, is an honorific used in the Sinosphere. In Japanese, the term literally means "person born before another" or "one who comes before". It is generally used after a person's name and means "teacher". The word is also used as a title to refer to…

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Baxter–Sagart (2014)
/*sˤər sreŋ/
Chinese
先生
Hangul
선생
Hanyu Pinyin
xiānshēng
Hinghwa BUC
sĭng-săng
Hiragana
せんせい

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Etymology

Use in Chinese

Use in Buddhism

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Sensei

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples73
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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related to Use in Chinese · 21
Sensei → Cantonese, Chinese Chinese, For Hokkien, Hakka, Hokkien, In, In Japanese, It, Japanese, Malay Peninsular, Malaysia, Middle Chinese, Mr, Prior, Singapore, Southern Chinese, Standard Chinese, Teochew, The Chinese, Traditional
related to Use in Buddhism · 12
Sensei → Buddhism, However, In, In Sanbo Kyodan-related Zen, Japan, Japanese, Jōdo Shinshū, Korean, Kwan Um School, Seungsahn, United States, Zen
related to External links · 5
Sensei → Archived, Judo, Karate, Wayback Machine, What
Transcriptions · 3
Sensei → TranscriptionsRevised Romanizationseonsaeng, TranscriptionsRomanizationsensei, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinxiānshēngWade–Gileshsien1-sheng1IPA[ɕjɛ́n.ʂə́ŋ]WuRomanizationshien sanHakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳsîn-sângYue: CantoneseYale Romanizationsīn-sāang…
related to Etymology · 3
Sensei → For, The, This
Romanization · 2
Sensei → sensei, shien san
Baxter–Sagart (2014) · 1
Sensei → /*sˤər sreŋ/
Chinese · 1
Sensei → 先生
Hangul · 1
Sensei → 선생
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Sensei → xiānshēng

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chinese used japanese term title also address means use born one hokkien xiansheng word refer martial zen 先生 vietnamese korean

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SenseiBaxter–Sagart (2014)/*sˤər sreŋ/1.00infobox
SenseiChinese先生1.00infobox
SenseiHangul선생1.00infobox
SenseiHanyu Pinyinxiānshēng1.00infobox
SenseiHinghwa BUCsĭng-săng1.00infobox
SenseiHiraganaせんせい1.00infobox
SenseiHokkien POJsian-siⁿ1.00infobox
SenseiHán-Nôm先生1.00infobox
SenseiIPA[ɕjɛ́n.ʂə́ŋ]1.00infobox
SenseiJyutpingsin1 saang11.00infobox
SenseiKanji先生1.00infobox
SenseiKatakanaセンセイ1.00infobox
SenseiLiteral meaning"[one] born before", "elder"1.00infobox
SenseiMiddle Chinesesen-shang1.00infobox
SenseiPha̍k-fa-sṳsîn-sâng1.00infobox
SenseiRevised Romanizationseonsaeng1.00infobox
SenseiRomanizationshien san1.00infobox
SenseiRomanizationsensei1.00infobox
SenseiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinxiānshēngWade–Gileshsien1-sheng1IPA[ɕjɛ́n.ʂə́ŋ]WuRomanizationshien sanHakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳsîn-sângYue: CantoneseYale Romanizationsīn-sāang…1.00infobox
SenseiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Romanizationseonsaeng1.00infobox
SenseiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationsensei1.00infobox
SenseiTâi-lôsian-sinn1.00infobox
SenseiVietnamese alphabettiên sinh1.00infobox
SenseiWade–Gileshsien1-sheng11.00infobox
SenseiYale Romanizationsīn-sāang1.00infobox
SenseiZhengzhang/*sɯːn sʰleːŋ/1.00infobox

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