上輩

See also: 上辈

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (上輩)		上	輩
simp. (上辈)		上	辈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngbèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ bui³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-bòe / siāng-bòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbèi
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pei⁴
  - Yale: shàng-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbey
  - Palladius: шанбэй (šanbɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上輩兒／上辈儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbèir
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄟˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbèir
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pei⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: shàng-bèir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbell
  - Palladius: шанбэйр (šanbɛjr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pəɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ bui³
  - Yale: seuhng bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ bui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² puːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-bòe
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-buè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngboex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ bue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² bue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-bòe
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-buè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngboex
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ bue²¹/

Noun

上輩

ancestors
earlier generation of one's family; one's elders; one's seniors

Synonyms

(ancestors):

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
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

(earlier generation):

上一代 (shàng yīdài)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
前輩／前辈 (qiánbèi)
老人 (lǎorén)
老勻／老匀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)
長輩／长辈 (zhǎngbèi)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “earlier 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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