siăn-pái

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Hokkien[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese (せん)(ぱい) (senpai).

Noun[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of siăn-pái – see 先輩 (“older generation; senior; elder; ancestor; predecessor”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 先輩).