先輩

先輩

See also: 先辈

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (先輩)		先	輩
simp. (先辈)		先	辈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ bui³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-phi
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-pòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianbey
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ bui³
    • Yale: sīn bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ bui³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ puːy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ pi⁴
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: sian-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienpoex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ pue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pue²¹/

Noun

先輩

1. older generation; ancestor; predecessor; senior; elder

Synonyms

• 前輩／前辈 (qiánbèi)
• (Min Nan) 早勻／早匀

Antonyms

• 後輩／后辈 (hòubèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (先輩):

• → Japanese: 先輩 (せんぱい) (senpai)
• → Korean: 선배 (先輩, seonbae)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	輩
せん Grade: 1	はい > ぱい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せんぱい [sèńpáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mpa̠i]

Noun

先輩 (hiragana せんぱい, rōmaji senpai)

1. a senior, one who has seniority
2. an upperclassman

Suffix

先輩 (hiragana せんぱい, rōmaji -senpai)

1. applied as an honorific to the name of one who is senior or has seniority

Antonyms

• 後輩 (こうはい) (kōhai)

Related terms

• 先 (せん)生 (せい) (sensei)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
先	輩

Noun

先輩 • (seonbae) (hangeul 선배)

1. Hanja form^? of 선배 (“a senior or elder in an organization; an upperclassman”).