sư bá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "suba"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 師伯, composed of (master) and (elder uncle)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩˦] ~ [sɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˦˥] ~ [sɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˦˥]

Noun

  1. (Chinese fiction, especially martial arts) one's teacher's male senpai

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