siăn-sé
Hokkien
Etymology
Borrowed from
Japanese
先
(
せん
)
生
(
せい
)
(
sensei
)
.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of
siăn-sé
– see
先生
(“one who was born earlier;
mister
;
sir
;
gentleman
; etc.”).
(
This term is the
pe̍h-ōe-jī
form of
先生
).