Etymology

shih-fu

Mandarin 師傅 /师傅
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from師傅 /师傅
  2. English todayshih-fu

From Mandarin 師傅 /师傅 Wade–Giles romanization: shih¹-fu⁴.

Words from the same roots

Mandarin師傅 all →

shifu

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.