下輩

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

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• 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

1. future generations; offspring
2. 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 (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)