師兄

See also: 师兄

Contents

ChineseEdit

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	elder brother
trad. (師兄)		師	兄
simp. (师兄)		师	兄

EtymologyEdit

From 師／师 (shī, “teacher”) + 兄 (xiōng, “elder brother”)

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ hing¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sai-hiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shīxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshiong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ hing¹
    • Yale: sī hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ hing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-hiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sai-hiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sai'hviaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /saɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² hiã⁴⁴/

NounEdit

師兄

1. (martial arts) The senior fellow students in a Chinese martial arts school, where the seniority is not based on the student's age or level of skill, but on the chronological order of following a particular sifu, shifu.
2. senior or older male schoolmate

See alsoEdit

• 師伯／师伯 (shībó)
• 師叔／师叔 (shīshū)
• 師弟／师弟 (shīdì)
• 師傅／师傅 (shīfù)
• (senior male schoolmate): 學長／学长 (xuézhǎng), 學兄／学兄

Coordinate termsEdit

• (senior male schoolmate): 師姐／师姐 (shījiě)