Definition of "sifu" [sifu]

• A pair of Cantonese terms, homophones, used in English to mean "master" or "teacher" in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi, also used to denote "spiritual father" in esoteric uses. (noun)

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• "Harvinder and Alis 'drift "sifu" in the show's final episode."
• "And there will always be something iconic for me about crazy old men in trees and the nefarious sifu who meditated on beds of nails."
• "My dad was a sifu, a kung fu teacher, himself (among my memorbilia of him are two spears and a photograph of him breaking a cinderblock with his fist) but, alas, I never learned much beyond ma from him, to my everlasting regret."