Chinese

Noun

先輩

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

Synonyms

• 前輩／前辈 (qiánbèi)

Antonyms

• 後輩／后辈 (hòubèi)

Japanese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

先輩 ‎(hiragana せんぱい, romaji senpai)

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

Suffix

先輩 ‎(hiragana せんぱい, romaji -senpai)

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

Antonyms

• 後輩 ‎(-kōhai)

Related terms

• 先生 ‎(-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 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

先輩 • ‎(seonbae) ‎(hangeul 선배)

1. Hanja form^? of 선배, “a senior or elder in an organization
2. an upperclassman”.

Vietnamese

Han character

先輩 ‎(tiên bối)

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