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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	contemporaries; generation; lifetime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

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

forefathers; predecessors
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)

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