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Chinese
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
contemporaries; generation; lifetime
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| trad. (老輩)
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老
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輩
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| simp. (老辈)
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老
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辈
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Pronunciation
Noun
老輩
- forefathers; predecessors
- one's elders; senior; older generation
Synonyms
- 上輩 / 上辈 (shàngbèi)
- 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)
- 祖公 (Hokkien)
- 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
- 老祖宗
- 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)
- 長輩 / 长辈 (zhǎngbèi)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “older 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 (soi3 buê3) (Teochew)