Sensei
//ˈsɛnseɪ//
Translations of "sensei" (16 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مُدَرِّب(martial arts instructor) | mudarrib | |
| Chinese | 師傅 /师傅(martial arts instructor) | zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 師傅 /师傅(martial arts instructor) | si¹ fu⁶, si¹ fu² | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 師傅 /师傅(martial arts instructor) | shīfu, shīfù | |
| Finnish | mestari(martial arts instructor) | — | |
| French | sensei(martial arts instructor), sensei(Japanese language teacher) | — | |
| Galician | sensei(martial arts instructor) | — | |
| German | Sensei(martial arts instructor), Sensei(Japanese language teacher) | — | |
| Greek | σενσέι(martial arts instructor) | senséi | |
| Indonesian | sensei(martial arts instructor), sensei(Japanese language teacher) | — | |
| Japanese | 先生(martial arts instructor), 先生(Japanese language teacher), 先生(teacher in the context of Japan) | sensei, sensei, sensei | |
| Korean | 선생(martial arts instructor), 선생님(martial arts instructor), 센세이(teacher in the context of Japan) | seonsaeng, seonsaengnim, sensei | |
| Persian | سنسی(martial arts instructor), سنسی(Japanese language teacher) | sensey, sensey | |
| Portuguese | sensei(martial arts instructor), sensei(Japanese language teacher) | — | |
| Russian | ма́стер(martial arts instructor), сенсе́й(martial arts instructor), сэнсэ́й(martial arts instructor), сэнсэ́й(Japanese language teacher) | máster, senséj, sɛnsɛ́j, sɛnsɛ́j | |
| Spanish | sensei(martial arts instructor), senséi(martial arts instructor) | — |
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.