Sensei
XianshengChinese nameChinese先生Literal meaning"[one] born before", "elder"TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinxiānshēngWade-Gileshsien1-sheng1IPA[ɕjɛ́n.ʂə́ŋ]WuRomanizationshien sanHakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳsîn-sângYue: CantoneseYale Romanizationsīn-sāangJyutpingsin1 saang1Southern MinHokkien POJsian-siⁿTâi-lôsian-sinnPu-Xian MinHinghwa BUCsĭng-săngMiddle ChineseMiddle Chinesesen-shangOld ChineseBaxter-Sagart (2014)/*sˤər sreŋ/Zhengzhang/*sɯːn sʰleːŋ/Vietnamese nameVietnamese alphabettiên sinhHán-Nôm先生Korean nameHangul선생TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationseonsaengJapanese nameKanji先生HiraganaせんせいKatakanaセンセイTranscriptionsRomanizationsensei Part of a series onZen Buddhism The term "先生", read sensei in...