sorry but what's the difference between sunbae and hyung? Is it like 'senpai' and 'kouhai'...

Liiq August 7, 2017 3:27 pm

sorry but what's the difference between sunbae and hyung? Is it like 'senpai' and 'kouhai' or.. Σ(っ°Д °;)っ

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    BooPotato August 7, 2017 3:37 pm

    "Hyung" is more used by younger guys to adress older guys and mostly if they are close with each other (I think ... Sry it's hard to describe ^^')
    And if they are not in a Sunbae-Hoobae Relationship

    Senpai would be "Sunbae"
    Kouhai would be "Hoobae"

    SpringDay21 August 7, 2017 3:41 pm

    thats partially correct sunbae means senior but when somebody says "hyung" it's addressed like "hey big bro!" meaning they've become closer friends or their friendship deepened something like that

    KyoZaNa✿ August 7, 2017 3:45 pm

    In my understanding
    Sunbae = Senpai
    Hung = Nii-san
    Oppa = Onii-chan

    Rockpill August 7, 2017 3:57 pm

    If they were Japanese, I think it's like when you're so close to someone and you kinda omit -san or senpai or even start calling them with their first name. You wouldn't start calling your close senpai "nii-san" - 'cause that's kinda weird. But yeah, it's literally like that in Korean.
    Well, I think Doyun usually called Chan "hyung" behind his back though. (▰˘◡˘▰)

    Hannah the fushoji August 7, 2017 4:12 pm

    Its a more formal way of addressing him than sunbae is, just means they're becoming closer ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

    MinDmg August 7, 2017 4:59 pm

    hyung is kinda like "aniki" in japanese
    sunbae is like "senpai"

    Liiq August 8, 2017 10:15 am

    thank you everyone ^^
    I sort of understand now (๑•ㅂ•)و✧