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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄅㄟˋ
  - 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

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)

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)

a senior, one who has seniority
an upperclassman

Suffix

先輩 (hiragana せんぱい, rōmaji -senpai)

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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
先	輩

Noun

先輩 • (seonbae) (hangeul 선배)

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

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