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Chinese
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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
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| trad. (上輩)
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上
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輩
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| simp. (上辈)
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上
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辈
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Pronunciation
Noun
上輩
- ancestors
- earlier generation of one's family; one's elders; one's seniors
Synonyms
- 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)
- 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”):