先生 — meaning in English
sensei
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English meaning
- DR noun Abbreviation for "debit," used in accounting.
- gentleman noun A polite, well-mannered, or honorable man.
- physician noun A medical doctor, especially one who treats illness with medicine and diagnosis rather than surgery.
- professor noun The highest academic rank at a university, or, more loosely, any university teacher.
- schoolmaster noun A male teacher, especially one in charge of a school or class.
- sensei noun A martial arts instructor, especially in a Japanese discipline.
- sifu noun A skilled teacher or master in Chinese martial arts such as kung fu or tai chi.
- teacher noun A person whose job is to help students learn, especially in a school.
Senses
先生 is used for these senses in English:
- Dr Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe)
- gentleman (chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
- physician A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
- professor (US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
- schoolmaster A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
- schoolmaster (figurative) Anything that teaches.
- sifu A master or teacher in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi.
- teacher A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
gentleman — full definition
- noun A polite, well-mannered, or honorable man.
- noun (formal or polite) A man, used respectfully regardless of manners.
- noun Historically, a man of respectable birth or means who did not need to work for a living.