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

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• 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

1. ancestors
2. 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)