老輩
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
contemporaries; generation; lifetime | ||
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trad. (老輩) | 老 | 輩 | |
simp. (老辈) | 老 | 辈 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-phi
- Hakka Romanization System: loˋ pi
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo3 pi4
- Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]老輩
- forefathers; predecessors
- one's elders; senior; older generation
Synonyms
[edit]- (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)
- 祖公 (Hokkien)
- 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
- 老祖宗
- (older generation):
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “older generation”):