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