sư bá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "suba"
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 師伯, composed of 師 (“master”) and 伯 (“elder uncle”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩˦] ~ [sɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˦˥] ~ [sɨ˧˧ ʔɓaː˦˥]
Noun
- (Chinese fiction, especially martial arts) one's teacher's male senpai