老輩

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (老輩)		老	輩
simp. (老辈)		老	辈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎobèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-phi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-pòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobèi
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pei⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobey
    • Palladius: лаобэй (laobɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎobèir
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄟˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobèir
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pei⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǎu-bèir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobell
    • Palladius: лаобэйр (laobɛjr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pəɻ⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxpoex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ pue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² pue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ pue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/

Noun

老輩

1. forefathers; predecessors
2. one's elders; senior; older generation

Synonyms

• (forefathers):

• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
• 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 公婆 (Hokkien)
• 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
• 早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
• 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
• 祖上 (zǔshàng)
• 祖先 (zǔxiān)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老祖宗

 

• (older generation):

• 上一代 (shàng yīdài)
• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 前輩／前辈 (qiánbèi)
• 老人 (lǎorén)
• 老勻／老匀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 長輩／长辈 (zhǎngbèi)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “older generation”):

• 下一代 (xià yīdài)
• 下勻／下匀 (Hokkien)
• 下輩／下辈 (xiàbèi)
• 小輩子／小辈子 (xiao³ bei⁴ zi³) (Sichuanese)
• 序細／序细 (Hokkien)
• 後輩／后辈 (hòubèi)
• 晚輩／晚辈 (wǎnbèi)
• 細輩／细辈 (Teochew)