"先生" meaning in All languages combined

See 先生 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕiɛn⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕiæ̃²⁴ səŋ²⁴/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕiɛn⁴² sɛn²/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /sin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ɕie¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /siŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kinmen, Singapore, Tong'an, Xiamen], /siɛn³³ sĩ³³/ [Hokkien, Lukang, Quanzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /sin³³⁻²¹ sɛ̃³³/ [Hokkien, Penang], /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Yilan], /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Tainan], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /sen³³ sĩ³³/ [Hokkien, Hui'an], /siɛn³⁵ se⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /siɛn³⁵ se⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /siŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/, /ɕiɛn⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/, /ɕiæ̃²⁴ səŋ²⁴/, /siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/, /ɕiɛn⁴² sɛn²/, /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/, /sin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/, /ɕie¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/, /siŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/, /siɛn³³ sĩ³³/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/, /sin³³⁻²¹ sɛ̃³³/, /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/, /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/, /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /sen³³ sĩ³³/, /siɛn³⁵ se⁵³/, /siɛn³⁵ se⁴¹/, /siŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/, /ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/ Chinese transliterations: xiānshēng [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], xian¹ sen¹ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], щянсын [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], xi͡ansɨn [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], I-I [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], sin¹ saang¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xien¹ sen [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], sîn-sâng [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], xin¹ sang¹ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], xie¹ seng¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], sĭng-săng, sian-siⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], sin-seⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], sian-seⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], sian-seng [Hokkien, POJ], sen-siⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], siăn-sé [Hokkien, POJ], sing¹ sên¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹shi-san, xiānshēng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], xiānsheng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], sianshe̊ng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsien¹-shêng⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syān-sheng [Mandarin, Yale], shian.sheng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сяньшэн [Mandarin, Palladius], sjanʹšɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], xiansen [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], sīn sāang [Cantonese, Yale], sin¹ saang¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xin¹ sang¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], xien¹ sen [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], sîn-sâng [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], xin´ sang´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], xin¹ sang¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], xie¹ seng¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], sĭng-săng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], sian-sinn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siensvy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sin-senn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sinsvef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sian-senn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siensvef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sian-sing [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siensefng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sen-sinn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sensvy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sia̋n-sé [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sing seⁿ [POJ, Teochew], ¹shi-san [Wu], shi^平 san [Wu], ¹xi-san [Wu], /ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/ [Wu], sen sraeng [Middle-Chinese], /*sˤər sreŋ|sreŋ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*sɯːn sʰleːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 先生
  1. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman Categories (topical): Titles Related terms (Mr.): (shì)
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-YAJiF~Wk Disambiguation of Titles: 12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16 Disambiguation of 'Mr.': 27 0 10 16 5 10 3 17 0 12
  2. husband
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-n-6PiLk6
  3. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier Tags: Classical Categories (topical): Prostitution, Titles
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-4zsxs5jl Disambiguation of Prostitution: 8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22 Disambiguation of Titles: 12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16 Categories (other): Classical Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 15 1 45 3 5 1 2 3 3 24
  4. (literary) father and elder brother Tags: literary Categories (topical): Titles
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-KwYpyIJA Disambiguation of Titles: 12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16
  5. (literary) ancestor Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-1JAVE3j1
  6. (literary) Taoist priest Tags: literary Categories (topical): Prostitution, Titles
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-ZMj-dVIW Disambiguation of Prostitution: 8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22 Disambiguation of Titles: 12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16
  7. (Gan, Hakka, Min, dated in Mandarin and Jin) doctor Tags: Gan, Hakka, Min, dated
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-cvS-idbr Categories (other): Gan Chinese, Hakka Chinese, Jin Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Min Chinese
  8. (honorific in Mandarin, Jin; common in Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min) teacher Tags: Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Jin, Min, honorific, regional Categories (topical): Family, People, Prostitution, Titles
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-EFepYE4E Disambiguation of Family: 8 0 11 12 12 15 0 25 0 18 Disambiguation of People: 9 0 10 13 4 16 0 28 0 20 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22 Disambiguation of Titles: 12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16 Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Gan Chinese, Hakka Chinese, Jin Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Min Chinese, Beginning Mandarin Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 9 1 15 5 13 6 17 24 1 9
  9. (obsolete or Wu) female prostitute Tags: Wu, obsolete Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-cjthCDCv Disambiguation of Female: 14 1 7 1 10 2 1 2 56 8 Categories (other): Wu Chinese
  10. (Singapore Hokkien) traditional Chinese physician Tags: Hokkien, Singapore Categories (topical): Prostitution, Titles
    Sense id: en-先生-zh-noun-Aoms9I6t Disambiguation of Prostitution: 8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22 Disambiguation of Titles: 12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16 Categories (other): Singapore Hokkien
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 太太 (tàitai), 女士 (nǚshì)
Synonyms: 喃嘸佬 (naam4 mo4 lou2) [Cantonese], 喃呒佬 (naam4 mo4 lou2) [Cantonese], 牛頭 (niútóu) [humorous], 牛头 (niútóu) [humorous], 老道 (lǎodào) [informal], 道人 (dàorén) [honorific], 道士 (dàoshì), 道長 (dàozhǎng) [polite], 道长 (dàozhǎng) [polite], 大先生 [Wu, dated], 妓女 (jìnǚ), 娼妓 (chāngjì), (miáo), 小先生 (5shiau-shi-san) [Wu, dated], 幺二 (1iau-gni) [Wu, dated, inferior], 煙花女 (yānhuānǚ), 烟花女 (yānhuānǚ), 神女 (shénnǚ) [euphemistic], 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) [euphemistic] Derived forms: 先生人, 先生娘, 先生媽, 先生妈, 先生禮, 先生礼, 好好先生, 小先生 (xiǎoxiānsheng), 有狀元學生,無狀元先生, 有状元学生,无状元先生, 梵行先生, 楮先生 (chǔxiānshēng), 第一先生, 算命先生 (suànmìng xiānsheng), 算命先生半路亡,木匠先生無眠床, 算命先生半路亡,木匠先生无眠床, 紅先生, 红先生, 老先生 (lǎoxiānshēng), 風水先生 (fēngshuǐ xiānshēng), 风水先生 (fēngshuǐ xiānshēng), 齒科先生, 齿科先生

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː] Forms: 先生 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (せい)), sensei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH, literally “born earlier”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=せんせい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|先生|lit=born earlier}} 先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH, literally “born earlier”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんせい}} 先(せん)生(せい) • (sensei)
  1. an elder
    Sense id: en-先生-ja-noun-BbmLrWgX
  2. a scholar
    Sense id: en-先生-ja-noun-sPFyEOB~
  3. a teacher or a professor
    Sense id: en-先生-ja-noun-PVvSk9wp Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 1 37 23 21 2 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 2 16 30 28 2 17
  4. sensei (Japanese martial arts teacher)
    Sense id: en-先生-ja-noun-iITvAstI Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 8 3 5 48 21 3 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 2 16 30 28 2 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 1 11 38 21 24
  5. sir, a polite form of address to teachers, doctors, etc.
    Sense id: en-先生-ja-noun-gzZFHqYV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 11 23 38 2 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 2 16 30 28 2 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 大先生 (daisensei) (ruby: (だい), (せん), (せい)) (english: great teacher, high authority)
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: 先生 [canonical] (ruby: (しぇん), (しぇい)), shenshei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しぇんしぇい}} 先(しぇん)生(しぇい) • (shenshei)
  1. (dialect, Hakata) teacher, professor Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-先生-ja-noun-o0SmU9-g Categories (other): Hakata Japanese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Japanese]

IPA: [sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː] Forms: 先生 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (せい)), -sensei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH, literally “born earlier”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=せんせい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|先生|lit=born earlier}} 先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH, literally “born earlier”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|せんせい}} 先(せん)生(せい) • (-sensei)
  1. a title used after the name of teachers, doctors, lawyers, or certain other professionals Tags: morpheme Related terms: 師匠 (shishō) (ruby: (), (しょう)) (english: a master, a teacher), 医師 (ishi) (ruby: (), ()) (english: a medical doctor), 教師 (kyōshi) (ruby: (きょう), ()) (english: a teacher), 教授 (kyōju) (ruby: (きょう), (じゅ)) (english: a professor), 弁護士 (bengoshi) (ruby: (べん), (), ()) (english: an attorney, a lawyer)
    Sense id: en-先生-ja-suffix-YgvJEXZM Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 2 16 30 28 2 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Korean]

Forms: seonsaeng [romanization], 선생 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hj|hangeul=선생}} 先生 • (seonsaeng) (hangeul 선생)
  1. Hanja form of 선생 (“teacher”). Tags: alt-of, hanja Alternative form of: 선생 (extra: teacher)

Noun [Okinawan]

Forms: 先 (しん)生 [canonical], shinshī [romanization], しー [hiragana]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH). Cognate with Japanese 先生 (sensei), Korean 선생 (seonsaeng), Jeju 선싕 (seonsuing). Etymology templates: {{der|ryu|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|先生}} 先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH), {{cog|ja|先生|tr=sensei}} Japanese 先生 (sensei), {{cog|ko|선생}} Korean 선생 (seonsaeng), {{cog|jje|선싕}} Jeju 선싕 (seonsuing) Head templates: {{ryu-head|noun|しんしー}} 先(しん)生(しー) (shinshī)
  1. teacher

Noun [Vietnamese]

Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} 先生, {{vi-noun}} 先生
  1. chữ Hán form of tiên sinh.

Alternative forms

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      "word": "先生娘"
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      "word": "先生媽"
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      "word": "先生妈"
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      "word": "先生禮"
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      "word": "先生礼"
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      "word": "好好先生"
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      "roman": "xiǎoxiānsheng",
      "word": "小先生"
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      "word": "有狀元學生,無狀元先生"
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      "word": "有状元学生,无状元先生"
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      "word": "梵行先生"
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      "roman": "chǔxiānshēng",
      "word": "楮先生"
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      "word": "第一先生"
    },
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      "roman": "suànmìng xiānsheng",
      "word": "算命先生"
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      "word": "算命先生半路亡,木匠先生無眠床"
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      "word": "算命先生半路亡,木匠先生无眠床"
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      "word": "紅先生"
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      "word": "红先生"
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      "roman": "lǎoxiānshēng",
      "word": "老先生"
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      "roman": "fēngshuǐ xiānshēng",
      "word": "風水先生"
    },
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      "roman": "fēngshuǐ xiānshēng",
      "word": "风水先生"
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      "word": "齒科先生"
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      "word": "齿科先生"
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          "expansion": "→ Okinawan:",
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            "2": "しんしー",
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            "4": "",
            "5": "",
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            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
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          "expansion": "→ Korean: 선생(先生) (seonsaeng)",
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            "2": "선싕",
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "선셍",
            "t": ""
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          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
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            "t": ""
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            "1": "vi",
            "2": "tiên sinh",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
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          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: tiên sinh (先生)",
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            "4": "tiên sinh",
            "5": "しんしー",
            "6": "선싕",
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            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
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            "jje3": "선승",
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            "k3": "",
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            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (先生):\n* → Japanese: 先生(せんせい) (sensei) (see there for further descendants)\n* → Okinawan: 先生(しんしー) (shinshī)\n* → Korean: 선생(先生) (seonsaeng)\n* → Jeju: 선싕 (seonsuing) ; 선셍 (seonseng); 선승 (seonseung)\n* → Vietnamese: tiên sinh (先生)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "せんせい",
            "3": "선생",
            "4": "tiên sinh",
            "5": "しんしー",
            "6": "선싕",
            "jdesc": "y",
            "jje2": "선셍",
            "jje3": "선승"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (先生):\n* → Japanese: 先生(せんせい) (sensei) (see there for further descendants)\n* → Okinawan: 先生(しんしー) (shinshī)\n* → Korean: 선생(先生) (seonsaeng)\n* → Jeju: 선싕 (seonsuing) ; 선셍 (seonseng); 선승 (seonseung)\n* → Vietnamese: tiên sinh (先生)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (先生):\n* → Japanese: 先生(せんせい) (sensei) (see there for further descendants)\n* → Okinawan: 先生(しんしー) (shinshī)\n* → Korean: 선생(先生) (seonsaeng)\n* → Jeju: 선싕 (seonsuing) ; 선셍 (seonseng); 선승 (seonseung)\n* → Vietnamese: tiên sinh (先生)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sinseh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: sinseh",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Hokkien"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Hokkien)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: sinseh (via Hokkien)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "sinse",
            "3": "singse",
            "4": "sengsai",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: sinse, singse, sengsai",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Hokkien"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Hokkien)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: sinse, singse, sengsai (via Hokkien)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ស៊ិនសែ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ស៊ិនសែ (sɨnsae)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Teochew"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Teochew)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ស៊ិនសែ (sɨnsae) (via Teochew)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ซินแส",
            "3": "จีนแส",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ซินแส (sin-sɛ̌ɛ), จีนแส (jiin-sɛ̌ɛ)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Teochew"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Teochew)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ซินแส (sin-sɛ̌ɛ), จีนแส (jiin-sɛ̌ɛ) (via Teochew)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "先生",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tàitai",
      "word": "太太"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nǚshì",
      "word": "女士"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "zh:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "王先生來了。/王先生来了。 [Taiwanese Mandarin] ― Wáng xiānshēng lái le. [Pinyin] ― Mr. Wang has come.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mr. Ong has come.",
          "ref": "王先生來矣。 [Hokkien, trad.]",
          "text": "王先生来矣。 [Hokkien, simp.]\nÔng--sian-seⁿ lâi--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mr. Chen was sent by his former organization to work at a chain company.",
          "ref": "陳先生被原單位派遣到連鎖公司工作。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "陈先生被原单位派遣到连锁公司工作。 [MSC, simp.]\nChén xiānsheng bèi yuándānwèi pàiqiǎn dào liánsuǒ gōngsī gōngzuò. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-YAJiF~Wk",
      "links": [
        [
          "mister",
          "mister"
        ],
        [
          "sir",
          "sir"
        ],
        [
          "gentleman",
          "gentleman"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "27 0 10 16 5 10 3 17 0 12",
          "roman": "shì",
          "sense": "Mr.",
          "word": "氏"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "husband"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-n-6PiLk6",
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 1 45 3 5 1 2 3 3 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Prostitution",
          "orig": "zh:Prostitution",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "zh:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When she had fulfilled her months,\nHer first-born son [came forth] like a lamb.",
          "ref": "誕彌厥月,先生如達。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "诞弥厥月,先生如达。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nDàn mí jué yuè, xiānshēng rú dá. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who was born earlier"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-4zsxs5jl",
      "links": [
        [
          "born",
          "born"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, Classical) one who was born earlier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "zh:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father and elder brother"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-KwYpyIJA",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) father and elder brother"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestor"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-1JAVE3j1",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) ancestor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Prostitution",
          "orig": "zh:Prostitution",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "zh:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taoist priest"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-ZMj-dVIW",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) Taoist priest"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gan Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hakka Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jin Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Min Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My elder brother said, \"Today, I've invited Dr. He to come and give you a check up.\"",
          "ref": "大哥說:「今天請何先生來,給你診一診。」 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "大哥说:「今天请何先生来,给你诊一诊。」 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1918, Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary\nDàgē shuō: “Jīntiān qǐng Hé xiānshēng lái, gěi nǐ zhěn yī zhěn.” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doctor"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-cvS-idbr",
      "links": [
        [
          "doctor",
          "doctor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Gan, Hakka, Min, dated in Mandarin and Jin) doctor"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Mandarin and Jin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Hakka",
        "Min",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gan Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hakka Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jin Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Min Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 1 15 5 13 6 17 24 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 0 11 12 12 15 0 25 0 18",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "zh:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 0 10 13 4 16 0 28 0 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Prostitution",
          "orig": "zh:Prostitution",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "zh:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The teacher speaks, and the students silently listen.",
          "ref": "先生講,學生恬恬聽。 [Hokkien, trad.]",
          "text": "先生讲,学生恬恬听。 [Hokkien, simp.]\n-Sian-siⁿ kóng, ha̍k-seng tiām-tiām thiaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "列子曰:「嘻,子之先生死矣,弗活矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "From: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE\nLièzǐ yuē: “Xī, zǐ zhī xiānshēng sǐ yǐ, fú huó yǐ.” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When he went to school, the teacher asked him: \"Which province is west of Zhili Province?\" He answered Shaanxi. The teacher said: \"Wrong, it is Shanxi, not Shaanxi.\" He said: \"Would Shaanxi and Shanxi not be close enough?\"",
          "ref": "他在學堂的時候,先生問他:「直隸省的西邊是哪一省?」他說是陝西。先生說:「錯了,是山西,不是陝西。」他說:「陝西同山西,不是差不多嗎?」 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他在学堂的时候,先生问他:「直隶省的西边是哪一省?」他说是陕西。先生说:「错了,是山西,不是陕西。」他说:「陕西同山西,不是差不多吗?」 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1924, Hu Shih, Life of Mr. Close Enough\nTā zài xuétáng de shíhòu, xiānshēng wèn tā: “Zhílì Shěng de xībiān shì nǎ yī shěng?” Tā shuō shì Shǎnxī. Xiānshēng shuō: “Cuò le, shì Shānxī, bùshì Shǎnxī.” Tā shuō: “Shǎnxī tóng Shānxī, bùshì chābùduō ma?” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teacher"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-EFepYE4E",
      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific in Mandarin, Jin; common in Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min) teacher"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Mandarin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Gan",
        "Hakka",
        "Jin",
        "Min",
        "honorific",
        "regional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Wu Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 1 7 1 10 2 1 2 56 8",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Female",
          "orig": "zh:Female",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female prostitute"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-cjthCDCv",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or Wu) female prostitute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Singapore Hokkien",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 11 7 7 11 1 26 5 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Prostitution",
          "orig": "zh:Prostitution",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 1 22 10 4 13 1 21 1 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "zh:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "traditional Chinese physician"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-zh-noun-Aoms9I6t",
      "links": [
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "physician",
          "physician"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Singapore Hokkien) traditional Chinese physician"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian¹ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "щянсын"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi͡ansɨn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xien¹ sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîn-sâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sĭng-săng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-siⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin-seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen-siⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siăn-sé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing¹ sên¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹shi-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianshe̊ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-shêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shian.sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньшэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹšɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiansen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiæ̃²⁴ səŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn sāang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xien¹ sen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴² sɛn²/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîn-sâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin´ sang´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sĭng-săng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-sinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siensvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen",
        "Singapore",
        "Tong'an",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ sĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin-senn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinsvef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin³³⁻²¹ sɛ̃³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Yilan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-senn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siensvef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siensefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen-sinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sensvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sen³³ sĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sia̋n-sé"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹shi-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shi^平 san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹xi-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen sraeng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sˤər sreŋ|sreŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sɯːn sʰleːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sin-seⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sian-seng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiæ̃²⁴ səŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴² sɛn²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ sĩ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin³³⁻²¹ sɛ̃³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sen³³ sĩ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sˤər sreŋ|sreŋ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sɯːn sʰleːŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "naam4 mo4 lou2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "喃嘸佬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "naam4 mo4 lou2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "喃呒佬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niútóu",
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "牛頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "niútóu",
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "牛头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎodào",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "老道"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàorén",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "道人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàoshì",
      "word": "道士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàozhǎng",
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "道長"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàozhǎng",
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "道长"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "大先生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìnǚ",
      "word": "妓女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chāngjì",
      "word": "娼妓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "miáo",
      "word": "媌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "小先生 (5shiau-shi-san)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated",
        "inferior"
      ],
      "word": "幺二 (1iau-gni)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yānhuānǚ",
      "word": "煙花女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yānhuānǚ",
      "word": "烟花女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shénnǚ",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "神女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhànjiēnǚ",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "站街女"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "He Xiangning",
    "Soong Ching-ling",
    "Yang Jiang"
  ],
  "word": "先生"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "great teacher, high authority",
      "roman": "daisensei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "生",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大先生"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "せんせい"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "先生",
        "lit": "born earlier"
      },
      "expansion": "先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH, literally “born earlier”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen|senH sraeng|sraengH, literally “born earlier”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "先生",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "生",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sensei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せんせい"
      },
      "expansion": "先(せん)生(せい) • (sensei)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an elder"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-ja-noun-BbmLrWgX",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a scholar"
      ],
      "id": "en-先生-ja-noun-sPFyEOB~",
      "links": [
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 1 37 23 21 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 16 30 28 2 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984 February 20 [1983 June 15], Motoka Murakami, “多感な季節の巻”, in 六三四の剣 (六三四の剣), 4th edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, pages 161–162",
          "roman": "What…⁉ Wait… You think I’m gonna marry Yaegashi Sensei……⁉",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "多",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "感",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "季",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "節",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "巻",
              "まき"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "学",
              "がっ"
            ],
            [
              "校",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "母",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "好",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "父",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "私",
              "わたくし"
            ],
            [
              "八",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "重",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "樫",
              "がし"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "結",
              "けっ"
            ],
            [
              "婚",
              "こん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "学校のみんなも先生のことさ好いてる……母っちゃすきか⁉\nGakkō no minna mo Sensei no koto sa suiteru…… Katcha suki ka⁉\nEverybody at school likes Sensei…… Ya like him, Ma⁉\nもちろん好きよ‼ほんとにいい先生ですもの…\nMochiron suki yo‼ Honto ni ii sensei desu mono…\nOf course‼ He’s a very good teacher…\nオラもすきだあ。んでも、先生は先生だあ…オラの父っちゃにはなれねえ!\nOra mo suki dā. N demo, Sensei wa Sensei dā… Ora no totcha ni wa narenē!\nAh like him, too. But Sensei’s only Sensei… He could never be mah pa!\nえ…⁉それ…ひょっとして、私と八重樫先生が結婚するってこと……⁉\nE…⁉ Sore… hyotto shite, watakushi to Yaegashi Sensei ga kekkon surutte koto……⁉"
        }
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        [
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        [
          "professor",
          "professor"
        ]
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    {
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        {
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      "id": "en-先生-ja-noun-gzZFHqYV",
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}

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    {
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      "ruby": [
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        "canonical"
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          "kind": "other",
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}

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    {
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      "expansion": "先生 • (seonsaeng) (hangeul 선생)",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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}

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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
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      "name": "head"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "先生",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Vietnamese Chữ Hán",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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  "categories": [
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Family",
    "zh:Female",
    "zh:People",
    "zh:Prostitution",
    "zh:Titles"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "先生人"
    },
    {
      "word": "先生娘"
    },
    {
      "word": "先生媽"
    },
    {
      "word": "先生妈"
    },
    {
      "word": "先生禮"
    },
    {
      "word": "先生礼"
    },
    {
      "word": "好好先生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎoxiānsheng",
      "word": "小先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "有狀元學生,無狀元先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "有状元学生,无状元先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "梵行先生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǔxiānshēng",
      "word": "楮先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "第一先生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suànmìng xiānsheng",
      "word": "算命先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "算命先生半路亡,木匠先生無眠床"
    },
    {
      "word": "算命先生半路亡,木匠先生无眠床"
    },
    {
      "word": "紅先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "红先生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoxiānshēng",
      "word": "老先生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēngshuǐ xiānshēng",
      "word": "風水先生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēngshuǐ xiānshēng",
      "word": "风水先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "齒科先生"
    },
    {
      "word": "齿科先生"
    }
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          "args": {
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        {
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        {
          "args": {
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            "4": "",
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            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 선생(先生) (seonsaeng)",
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jje",
            "2": "선싕",
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            "t": ""
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "jje",
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            "t": ""
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        {
          "args": {
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        {
          "args": {
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        {
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            "t": "",
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            "3": "선생",
            "4": "tiên sinh",
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            "6": "선싕",
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            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "y",
            "jje2": "선셍",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "선승",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "先生",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "先生",
            "v": "先生",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
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        {
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      "text": "Sino-Xenic (先生):\n* → Japanese: 先生(せんせい) (sensei) (see there for further descendants)\n* → Okinawan: 先生(しんしー) (shinshī)\n* → Korean: 선생(先生) (seonsaeng)\n* → Jeju: 선싕 (seonsuing) ; 선셍 (seonseng); 선승 (seonseung)\n* → Vietnamese: tiên sinh (先生)"
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Hokkien"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Hokkien)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: sinseh (via Hokkien)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "sinse",
            "3": "singse",
            "4": "sengsai",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: sinse, singse, sengsai",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Hokkien"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Hokkien)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: sinse, singse, sengsai (via Hokkien)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ស៊ិនសែ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ស៊ិនសែ (sɨnsae)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Teochew"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Teochew)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ស៊ិនសែ (sɨnsae) (via Teochew)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ซินแส",
            "3": "จีนแส",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ซินแส (sin-sɛ̌ɛ), จีนแส (jiin-sɛ̌ɛ)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Teochew"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Teochew)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ซินแส (sin-sɛ̌ɛ), จีนแส (jiin-sɛ̌ɛ) (via Teochew)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "先生",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "tàitai",
      "word": "太太"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǚshì",
      "word": "女士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shì",
      "sense": "Mr.",
      "word": "氏"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hokkien terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "王先生來了。/王先生来了。 [Taiwanese Mandarin] ― Wáng xiānshēng lái le. [Pinyin] ― Mr. Wang has come.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mr. Ong has come.",
          "ref": "王先生來矣。 [Hokkien, trad.]",
          "text": "王先生来矣。 [Hokkien, simp.]\nÔng--sian-seⁿ lâi--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mr. Chen was sent by his former organization to work at a chain company.",
          "ref": "陳先生被原單位派遣到連鎖公司工作。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "陈先生被原单位派遣到连锁公司工作。 [MSC, simp.]\nChén xiānsheng bèi yuándānwèi pàiqiǎn dào liánsuǒ gōngsī gōngzuò. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mister",
          "mister"
        ],
        [
          "sir",
          "sir"
        ],
        [
          "gentleman",
          "gentleman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "husband"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When she had fulfilled her months,\nHer first-born son [came forth] like a lamb.",
          "ref": "誕彌厥月,先生如達。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "诞弥厥月,先生如达。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nDàn mí jué yuè, xiānshēng rú dá. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who was born earlier"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "born",
          "born"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, Classical) one who was born earlier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father and elder brother"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) father and elder brother"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) ancestor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taoist priest"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) Taoist priest"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese dated terms",
        "Gan Chinese",
        "Hakka Chinese",
        "Jin Chinese",
        "Mandarin Chinese",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Min Chinese"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My elder brother said, \"Today, I've invited Dr. He to come and give you a check up.\"",
          "ref": "大哥說:「今天請何先生來,給你診一診。」 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "大哥说:「今天请何先生来,给你诊一诊。」 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1918, Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary\nDàgē shuō: “Jīntiān qǐng Hé xiānshēng lái, gěi nǐ zhěn yī zhěn.” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doctor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doctor",
          "doctor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Gan, Hakka, Min, dated in Mandarin and Jin) doctor"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Mandarin and Jin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Hakka",
        "Min",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Chinese honorific terms",
        "Gan Chinese",
        "Hakka Chinese",
        "Hokkien terms with usage examples",
        "Jin Chinese",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin Chinese",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Min Chinese",
        "Requests for translations of Literary Chinese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The teacher speaks, and the students silently listen.",
          "ref": "先生講,學生恬恬聽。 [Hokkien, trad.]",
          "text": "先生讲,学生恬恬听。 [Hokkien, simp.]\n-Sian-siⁿ kóng, ha̍k-seng tiām-tiām thiaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "列子曰:「嘻,子之先生死矣,弗活矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "From: Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE\nLièzǐ yuē: “Xī, zǐ zhī xiānshēng sǐ yǐ, fú huó yǐ.” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When he went to school, the teacher asked him: \"Which province is west of Zhili Province?\" He answered Shaanxi. The teacher said: \"Wrong, it is Shanxi, not Shaanxi.\" He said: \"Would Shaanxi and Shanxi not be close enough?\"",
          "ref": "他在學堂的時候,先生問他:「直隸省的西邊是哪一省?」他說是陝西。先生說:「錯了,是山西,不是陝西。」他說:「陝西同山西,不是差不多嗎?」 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他在学堂的时候,先生问他:「直隶省的西边是哪一省?」他说是陕西。先生说:「错了,是山西,不是陕西。」他说:「陕西同山西,不是差不多吗?」 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1924, Hu Shih, Life of Mr. Close Enough\nTā zài xuétáng de shíhòu, xiānshēng wèn tā: “Zhílì Shěng de xībiān shì nǎ yī shěng?” Tā shuō shì Shǎnxī. Xiānshēng shuō: “Cuò le, shì Shānxī, bùshì Shǎnxī.” Tā shuō: “Shǎnxī tóng Shānxī, bùshì chābùduō ma?” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teacher"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific in Mandarin, Jin; common in Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min) teacher"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Mandarin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Gan",
        "Hakka",
        "Jin",
        "Min",
        "honorific",
        "regional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses",
        "Wu Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female prostitute"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or Wu) female prostitute"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Singapore Hokkien"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "traditional Chinese physician"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "physician",
          "physician"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Singapore Hokkien) traditional Chinese physician"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian¹ sen¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "щянсын"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi͡ansɨn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xien¹ sen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîn-sâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sĭng-săng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-siⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin-seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen-siⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siăn-sé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing¹ sên¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹shi-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānsheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianshe̊ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-shêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shian.sheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньшэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹšɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiansen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiæ̃²⁴ səŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn sāang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ saang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xien¹ sen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴² sɛn²/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîn-sâng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin´ sang´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sĭng-săng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-sinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siensvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen",
        "Singapore",
        "Tong'an",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ sĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Lukang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin-senn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinsvef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin³³⁻²¹ sɛ̃³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Yilan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-senn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siensvef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-sing"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siensefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen-sinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sensvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sen³³ sĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sia̋n-sé"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing seⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹shi-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shi^平 san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹xi-san"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen sraeng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sˤər sreŋ|sreŋ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sɯːn sʰleːŋ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sin-seⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sian-seng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiæ̃²⁴ səŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴² sɛn²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ sə̃ŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾naŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ sĩ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin³³⁻²¹ sɛ̃³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sẽ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sen³³ sĩ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³⁵ se⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siŋ³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sˤər sreŋ|sreŋ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sɯːn sʰleːŋ/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "naam4 mo4 lou2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "喃嘸佬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "naam4 mo4 lou2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "喃呒佬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niútóu",
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "牛頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niútóu",
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "牛头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎodào",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "老道"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàorén",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "道人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàoshì",
      "word": "道士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàozhǎng",
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "道長"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàozhǎng",
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "道长"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "大先生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìnǚ",
      "word": "妓女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chāngjì",
      "word": "娼妓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miáo",
      "word": "媌"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "小先生 (5shiau-shi-san)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated",
        "inferior"
      ],
      "word": "幺二 (1iau-gni)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yānhuānǚ",
      "word": "煙花女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yānhuānǚ",
      "word": "烟花女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shénnǚ",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "神女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhànjiēnǚ",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "站街女"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "He Xiangning",
    "Soong Ching-ling",
    "Yang Jiang"
  ],
  "word": "先生"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "great teacher, high authority",
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          "ref": "1984 February 20 [1983 June 15], Motoka Murakami, “多感な季節の巻”, in 六三四の剣 (六三四の剣), 4th edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, pages 161–162",
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            [
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              "き"
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            [
              "六",
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              "三",
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            [
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              "す"
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            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
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              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
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              "せん"
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              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
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              "せん"
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              "と"
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              "わたくし"
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            [
              "八",
              "や"
            ],
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              "重",
              "え"
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            [
              "樫",
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              "先",
              "せん"
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            [
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              "せい"
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          "text": "学校のみんなも先生のことさ好いてる……母っちゃすきか⁉\nGakkō no minna mo Sensei no koto sa suiteru…… Katcha suki ka⁉\nEverybody at school likes Sensei…… Ya like him, Ma⁉\nもちろん好きよ‼ほんとにいい先生ですもの…\nMochiron suki yo‼ Honto ni ii sensei desu mono…\nOf course‼ He’s a very good teacher…\nオラもすきだあ。んでも、先生は先生だあ…オラの父っちゃにはなれねえ!\nOra mo suki dā. N demo, Sensei wa Sensei dā… Ora no totcha ni wa narenē!\nAh like him, too. But Sensei’s only Sensei… He could never be mah pa!\nえ…⁉それ…ひょっとして、私と八重樫先生が結婚するってこと……⁉\nE…⁉ Sore… hyotto shite, watakushi to Yaegashi Sensei ga kekkon surutte koto……⁉"
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      "other": "せんせー"
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    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]"
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      "ipa": "[sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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