siăn-pái

Min Nan

Alternative spelling

sia̋n-pái (version based on Tâi-lô)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sen³⁵ pai⁵³/

Noun

siăn-pái

(Taiwanese Hokkien) a senior; a person who entered one’s workplace or one's school earlier (Classifier: 位 mn; 个 mn)

See also

學長／学长
學姐／学姐

Romanization

Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 先輩／先辈

Further reading

“Query for siăn-pái”, in ChhoeTaigi 台語辭典⁺ (in Min Nan), 2023.

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