선배

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 先輩, from 先 (“prior”) + 輩 (“group”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[sʰʌ̹nbe̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[선배]
Revised Romanization? seonbae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? seonbae
McCune–Reischauer? sŏnbae
Yale Romanization? senpay

Noun

선배 • (seonbae) (hanja 先輩)

  1. a senior or elder in an organization
  2. an upperclassman
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