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

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: qien^ˇ bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian² bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ pi⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ 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

前輩

senior (honorific reference to someone who is senior in ranking or position and/or has more experience)
someone from an older generation; senior
predecessor
(ACG) senpai

Synonyms

(someone from an older generation):

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上一代 (shàng yīdài)
上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
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 “someone from an older generation”):

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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)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前輩):

→ Vietnamese: tiền bối (前輩)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
前	輩

Noun

前輩

chữ Hán form of tiền bối (“senior”).