下輩

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Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (下輩)		下	輩
simp. (下辈)		下	辈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàbèi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bui³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ha¹ bi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ě-pòe / ē-pòe / ēe-pòe

(Teochew, Peng'im): ê⁶ buê³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàbèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pei⁴
  - Yale: syà-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbey
  - Palladius: сябэй (sjabɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ bui³
  - Yale: hah bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² puːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ha¹ bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ha⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pi⁵³/

Note: younger generation.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: ě-puè
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² pue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: ē-puè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: expoex
  - IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ pue²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēe-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: ēe-puè
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɛ²²⁻²¹ pue²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ê⁶ buê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĕ puè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /e³⁵⁻¹¹ pue²¹³/

Note: younger generation.

Noun

下輩

future generations; offspring
younger generation of a family

Synonyms

(future generations):

仔孫 / 仔孙 (zai² syun¹) (Cantonese)
兒孫 / 儿孙 (érsūn)
囝孫 / 囝孙 (Min)
子孫 / 子孙 (zǐsūn)
子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
孫子 / 孙子 (literary)
後人 / 后人 (hòurén)
後代 / 后代 (hòudài)
後嗣 / 后嗣 (hòusì)
後生 / 后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
後裔 / 后裔 (hòuyì)
根 (gēn) (figurative)
緒餘 / 绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
遺裔 / 遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
餘緒 / 余绪 (yúxù) (literary)

(younger generation of a family):

下一代 (xià yīdài)
下勻 / 下匀 (Hokkien)
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 (soi³ buê³) (Teochew)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “younger generation of a family”):

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)
老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)
長輩 / 长辈 (zhǎngbèi)

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