singse

Borrowed from Min Nan 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor, physician, teacher”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (sen-ʂænɡ, “master, elder”), from 先 (“earlier, first”) + 生 (“born”). Compare Japanese 先生 (sensei, “teacher; elder”).

• IPA^(key): /siŋ.sə/
• Hyphenation: sing‧sê

singse (plural singse-singse, first-person possessive singseku, second-person possessive singsemu, third-person possessive singsenya)

1. (informal) sinse.

• sengsai
• sinse

• sensei

• “singse” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.