diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml
index bdaaf26ec..d23e0c8ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ on:
       - "funasr/frontends/**"
       - "funasr/models/emotion2vec/**"
       - "funasr/models/campplus/**"
+      - "funasr/models/sense_voice/model.py"
       - "funasr/models/eend/utils/feature.py"
       - "tests/test_numpy_compatibility.py"
       - "tests/test_numpy_cluster_compatibility.py"
       - "tests/test_eend_feature_compatibility.py"
+      - "tests/test_sensevoice_word_timestamps.py"
       - "tests/test_pypi_metadata.py"
       - ".github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml"
   push:
@@ -22,10 +24,12 @@ on:
       - "funasr/frontends/**"
       - "funasr/models/emotion2vec/**"
       - "funasr/models/campplus/**"
+      - "funasr/models/sense_voice/model.py"
       - "funasr/models/eend/utils/feature.py"
       - "tests/test_numpy_compatibility.py"
       - "tests/test_numpy_cluster_compatibility.py"
       - "tests/test_eend_feature_compatibility.py"
+      - "tests/test_sensevoice_word_timestamps.py"
       - "tests/test_pypi_metadata.py"
       - ".github/workflows/test-numpy-compatibility.yml"
 
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
             tests/test_numpy_cluster_compatibility.py \
             tests/test_eend_feature_compatibility.py \
             tests/test_pypi_metadata.py \
+            tests/test_sensevoice_word_timestamps.py \
             --junitxml=numpy-results.xml
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
diff --git a/funasr/models/sense_voice/model.py b/funasr/models/sense_voice/model.py
index c10c663d9..d822939d5 100644
--- a/funasr/models/sense_voice/model.py
+++ b/funasr/models/sense_voice/model.py
@@ -1093,8 +1093,10 @@ class SenseVoiceSmall(nn.Module):
             start = int(start * 1000)
             end = int(end * 1000)
             if word == "▁":
+                prev_word = None
                 continue
             if i == 0:
+                word = word[1:] if word.startswith("▁") else word
                 # timestamp_new.append([word, start, end])
                 timestamp_new.append([start, end])
                 words_new.append(word)
diff --git a/tests/test_sensevoice_word_timestamps.py b/tests/test_sensevoice_word_timestamps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1e539d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_sensevoice_word_timestamps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+"""Word timestamps use the same SentencePiece boundaries for the first word."""
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+import pytest
+
+from funasr.models.sense_voice.model import SenseVoiceSmall
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("tokens", "words", "timestamps"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581Hello", "\u2581world", "."],
+            ["Hello", "world", "."],
+            [[0, 125], [125, 250], [250, 375]],
+            id="first-word-marker",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581Hel", "lo", "\u2581world", "."],
+            ["Hello", "world", "."],
+            [[0, 250], [250, 375], [375, 500]],
+            id="first-word-subpieces",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["Hel", "lo", "\u2581wor", "ld", "."],
+            ["Hello", "world", "."],
+            [[0, 250], [250, 500], [500, 625]],
+            id="unmarked-first-word-and-later-boundary",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581", "\u2581Hel", "lo"],
+            ["Hello"],
+            [[125, 375]],
+            id="standalone-leading-marker",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581", "Hel", "lo"],
+            ["Hello"],
+            [[125, 375]],
+            id="standalone-marker-before-unmarked-word",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581\u4f60", "\u597d", "\u3002"],
+            ["\u4f60", "\u597d", "\u3002"],
+            [[0, 125], [125, 250], [250, 375]],
+            id="chinese-first-word",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581Hello", "\u4e16", "\u754c"],
+            ["Hello", "\u4e16", "\u754c"],
+            [[0, 125], [125, 250], [250, 375]],
+            id="mixed-script-boundaries",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(["\u2581", "\u2581"], [], [], id="only-markers"),
+        pytest.param([], [], [], id="empty"),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["under\u2581score"], ["under\u2581score"], [[0, 125]], id="nonleading-marker"
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581I'm", "\u2581here", "."],
+            ["I'm", "here", "."],
+            [[0, 125], [125, 250], [250, 375]],
+            id="preserve-punctuation",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["A", "\u2581B", "C"], ["A", "BC"], [[0, 125], [125, 375]], id="word-boundary"
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["Hello", "\u2581", "world"],
+            ["Hello", "world"],
+            [[0, 125], [250, 375]],
+            id="standalone-word-boundary",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["\u2581Hel", "lo", "\u2581", "wor", "ld"],
+            ["Hello", "world"],
+            [[0, 250], [375, 625]],
+            id="subpieces-around-standalone-boundary",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            ["Hello", "\u2581", "\u2581", "world"],
+            ["Hello", "world"],
+            [[0, 125], [375, 500]],
+            id="repeated-standalone-boundaries",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_post_preserves_word_boundaries_and_timestamp_alignment(tokens, words, timestamps):
+    token_timestamps = [[token, index / 8, (index + 1) / 8] for index, token in enumerate(tokens)]
+    original = deepcopy(token_timestamps)
+
+    # post uses no model state; importing the real class requires no checkpoint.
+    result_timestamps, result_words = SenseVoiceSmall.post(None, token_timestamps)
+
+    assert result_words == words
+    assert result_timestamps == timestamps
+    assert len(result_words) == len(result_timestamps)
+    assert token_timestamps == original