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Members of cultivation sects refer to each other by kinship terms.
- shixiong (师兄)
- a male senior, used either due to ranking of status among students of the same sect or master, or also as a term of respect to people older.[1]
- shimei (师妹)
- a female junior, used either due to ranking of status among students of the same sect or master[1]
- shidi (师弟)
- a male junior, used for ranking of status among students of the same sect or master[1]
- shijie (师姐 )
- a female senior; used either due to order of acceptance or age among students of the same sect or master[1]
- shibo (师伯)
- “uncle-master”, used to refer to someone of your teacher’s generation and also higher in ranking than your teacher[1]
- shishu (师叔)
- “uncle-master”, used to refer to someone of your teacher’s generation and also lower in ranking than your teacher[1]
- shizhi (师侄)
- used to refer to a student/ someone else in a generation below you[1]