What is the difference between chan and san and sempai?


What is the difference between chan and san and sempai?




**San** title of respect typically used between equals of any age.

**Chan** it expresses that the speaker finds a person endearing. It comes from
a "cute" pronouncing of -san (in Japanese, replacing s sounds with ch sounds
is seen as cute). In general, chan is used for babies, young children,
grandparents and teenagers.

**Sempai** is used to address or refer to one's senior colleagues (respected
colleagues) in a school, dojo, or sports club. So at school, the students in
higher grades than oneself are senpai.

crédit :
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics#Senpai_and_k.C5.8Dhai>

