前輩

See also: 前辈

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (前輩)		前	輩
simp. (前辈)		前	辈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ bui³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-pi / chhièn-phi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-pòe / chûiⁿ-pòe / chêng-pòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánbèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-pei⁴
    • Yale: chyán-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanbey
    • Palladius: цяньбэй (cjanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ bui³
    • Yale: chìhn bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ puːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ pi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienpoex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ pue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² pue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² pue²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² pue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuînn-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvui'poex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² pue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengpoex
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ pue²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 前輩

1. senior (honorific reference to someone who is senior in ranking or position and/or has more experience)
2. someone from an older generation, senior
3. predecessor
4. (ACG) senpai

Synonyms

• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• (Min Nan) 早勻／早匀

Antonyms

• 晚輩／晚辈 (wǎnbèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前輩):

• → Vietnamese: tiền bối (前輩)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
前	輩

Noun

前輩

1. chữ Hán form of tiền bối (“senior”).