sinse

• sengsai
• singse

Borrowed from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor; physician; teacher”), from 先 (sin, “earlier; first”) +‎ 生 (seⁿ, “to be born”). Compare Japanese 先生 (sensei, “teacher; elder”). Doublet of sensei.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsinse/ [ˈsin.se]
• Rhymes: -inse
• Syllabification: sin‧se

sinse (plural sinse-sinse)

1. (religion) shaman
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) traditional Chinese medicine doctor

• sensei

• “sinse” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃s/

sinse m

1. (grammar) sense